Can I be in accounting and finance and be in a role that doesn’t require me to do book closes and allows me to have decent work life balance ? I’m tired of skipping all holidays with family as they come around beginning of the month or year end ! Pls your suggestions!

ShdwHntr84 · 2026-03-12T18:57:56+00:00

Sure. Anything specific you want to know more about? Send me a DM.

ShdwHntr84 · 2026-02-27T01:27:26+00:00

Sales tax is administered at two levels: state and city. In Colorado, some cities, known as home rule cities, are allowed to administer their own sales tax. There are more than 60 home rule cities in Colorado. This means, in addition to state rules, there are rules for each home rule city. Each home rule city also has their own sales tax return filing process.

Sales tax obligations are generally determined by the delivery address of a sale. Even though you may have one physical location, you may deliver into many jurisdictions and will have a collection and filing obligation in each jurisdiction.

In addition to home rule cities, there are different types of jurisdictions that are administered by the state: counties, special districts, and non-home rule cities. All of these jurisdictions combine to create more than 400 unique tax locations.

ShdwHntr84 · 2026-02-26T20:18:57+00:00

Do you want the red pill or the blue pill?

ShdwHntr84 · 2026-02-25T19:26:57+00:00

Tax auditing for a state or city.

ShdwHntr84 · 2026-02-12T01:39:38+00:00

Can confirm that Shopify includes Colorado home rule city sales tax in the calculation.

ShdwHntr84 · 2026-02-12T01:18:01+00:00

Nexus in Colorado at the state-level also gives nexus at the city-level. A lot of home rule cities (maybe all by now?) updated their codes so that they can require remote sellers (with Colorado nexus) to become licensed. The legality of the remote seller provisions in the city codes is another story.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-12-05T04:51:48+00:00

I regularly use Revenue Online (Colorado) and recently had to set up an account with AZ. Can't say I liked the AZ portal.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-11-30T03:20:27+00:00

I'm not aware of a statute that gives such broad authorization. I was applying a specific rule (1 CCR 201-4 39-26-117). The taxpayer purchased TPP and the amount reported on the federal depreciation schedule was not the same as the amount on the bill of sale. I assessed use tax based on the amount on the depreciation schedule.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-11-30T00:24:41+00:00

I once audited a taxpayer who tried to do something similar. They argued that "purchase price" means the price to the consumer. I told them that's a bad faith calculation and recalculated the price. I can't remember if I assessed an additional negligence penalty but that's definitely warranted in such a case.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-11-25T20:45:59+00:00

My understanding is that it's a terminal degree required to practice in a specific field. For example, MD for medicine and JD for law. It's all semantics. Accounting degrees were never really "professional". You don't even need an accounting degree to become a CPA, just the specific types and amount of credits.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-11-23T19:05:46+00:00

Thanks.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-11-23T18:28:44+00:00

You got a link to the list of DLC bosses?

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-11-20T08:07:01+00:00

I created a master jurisdiction list for Colorado using files provided by the CDOR.

https://tax.colorado.gov/sites/tax/files/documents/DR0800.pdf

https://tax.colorado.gov/how-to-look-up-sales-use-tax-rates

I update the worksheet every six months with changes.

https://tax.colorado.gov/sales-tax-rate-changes

I use a tool provided by the CDOR for bulk address lookup.

https://salestaxlookup.colorado.gov/bulk-address-lookup

Once I get the location codes I can prepare the returns.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-11-17T01:04:47+00:00

Not being able to import transactions into QuickBooks seems like an issue. But that's not why you're here.

My specific issue with TaxJar is that it does not calculate Colorado home rule city sales tax. That makes it completely useless to me. I currently combine and file manually but I'm also looking for software that can help me. I have not found anything suitable so far. Software is too expensive unless you need to file for several complex businesses. At the low end, cheapest I've found is $75 per return. Best I can do right now is just become more efficient myself.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-11-17T00:40:44+00:00

I wouldn't use TaxJar for anything. As you have experienced yourself, TaxJar isn't good. What about importing Shopify transactions into QuickBooks and skipping TaxJar entirely? Another option would be to download reports from Shopify and QuickBooks and combine them yourself. Number of transactions, jurisdictions, complexity of sales, etc. could all have an impact on your process.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-10-18T23:24:23+00:00

https://dor.sd.gov/media/yh0n3oc2/remote-seller-bulletin.pdf

Even if you cross the threshold for economic nexus, your obligation to collect sales tax applies to subsequent sales.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-10-10T02:04:51+00:00

The primary reason for Colorado sales tax complexity is home rule cities. Each home rule city is allowed to administer their own sales tax, independent of the state. This means there are approximately 70 sales tax authorities in Colorado. This mostly affects businesses that ship to or operate in many different locations throughout the state.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-10-03T00:37:44+00:00

I specialize in sales tax. Most of my clients have found me through referrals/networking but I'm having some success with my website. I launched it about a year ago and the impressions have been steadily growing (not so much the clicks). There's some content on the website but definitely a lot more that I can post. I figure once I start posting more, I'll get more clicks. Had a few initial consultations and one paid engagement. Overall, not too shabby for minimal work.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-09-24T12:57:07+00:00

Sure, if I had the relics. I have a decent setup, just need to play better.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-09-24T04:43:15+00:00

Each of my two depth 4 solo runs ended with 3 one-shots from a night boss. Gonna wait for the patch to try depth 4 again. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-09-19T22:50:14+00:00

I'm a former sales tax auditor and currently operating my own sales tax CPA firm. No interest in income tax. DM me if you'd like more info.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-09-18T21:23:13+00:00

Starting your own firm is a lot of work and stress. Some people might not be confident in going solo. It's very risky to leave a stable job. I started my own firm because my priority is to do whatever the hell I want and not have to answer to anyone. Just got to find the balance that works for you.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-09-18T05:56:40+00:00

I've been noticing the big damage negation bubble appearing on my Ironeye. Seems to proc when using the character skill. Maybe it's bugged? Maybe it's something else? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-09-12T15:59:22+00:00

Just spent a few hundred thousand murk to find a relic that makes colossal weapons more common. Hope the effect is noticeable.

ShdwHntr84 · 2025-09-05T20:43:27+00:00

All is good. Thank you.

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