Overview
At Anrok, we're committed to keeping our customers informed about critical tax regulation changes and continuously enhancing our platform with new features that improve your experience. Welcome to our October edition!
🔍 Regulatory Update
SaaS businesses are facing numerous changes in sales tax rules as governments worldwide implement new digital tax regulations. These changes can vary from state to state and country to country, so Anrok ensures that software companies operating in multiple locations can stay up-to-date.
Important policy changes:
- Washington's digital advertising tax faces legal challenge — Comcast filed a lawsuit against Washington's new digital advertising tax, arguing it violates the federal Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA). The law requires sales tax collection on internet-based advertising while exempting traditional media like newspapers, television, and radio. [Learn more]
- Chicago considers social media advertising tax — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is exploring a new social media advertising tax as part of efforts to address the city's projected $1.1 billion budget shortfall for fiscal year 2026. [Learn more]
- Taiwan intensifies enforcement of tax registrations for online sellers — Taiwan's National Taxation Bureau is cracking down on individuals who sell goods through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube without proper tax registration. The country has deployed AI technology to identify unregistered online sellers. [Learn more]
Tip
Washington's digital advertising tax went into effect on October 1, 2025. Review your advertising service products to determine which will be subject to the new 7.5%-10.6% sales tax. Since the law excludes print and broadcast ads while taxing digital services—a distinction causing the recent legal challenges under the Internet Tax Freedom Act—noting these changes can help you budget for potential tax costs while monitoring for enforcement delays or court rulings.
📢 Key Anrok Update
Hyperline, the revenue management platform built for SaaS and AI businesses, has partnered with Anrok to deliver automated global tax compliance directly within billing workflows. Through this no-code integration, which takes just 5 minutes to set up, finance teams can automatically sync subscription and billing data from Hyperline into Anrok for accurate tax calculation and filing across more than 100 countries—eliminating manual tax workflows and enabling companies to scale globally with confidence.
Key benefits for you:
- No-code setup connecting systems in minutes without engineering resources.
- Automated sales tax, VAT, and GST are applied instantly to all invoices.
- Quickly and easily launch in new markets with global billing and automated tax rules.
- Real-time tax data for simplified financial reviews and centralized reporting.
- Proactive alerts for emerging tax obligations before thresholds are exceeded.
If you have an existing Hyperline billing workflow or are interested in transitioning to the platform, click the "Contact us" button on your Anrok account to be connected with our Technical Solutions team, who can provide guidance on integrating Anrok with Hyperline.
🚀 Product Update
SaaS businesses are continually seeking more effective ways to manage their operations as technology platforms evolve and introduce new capabilities. Anrok ensures that software companies can leverage the latest features to streamline their processes and stay competitive across multiple markets.
New features and changes:
- Monitor your tax collection discrepancies — Anrok now provides you with the option to review tax collection discrepancies detected on your transactions. This will enable you to more easily validate the accuracy of financial data through reconciliation and identify potential integration issues between Anrok and your billing system. See Review your transaction discrepancies.
- Future-dated transaction support — Anrok now supports providing tax calculations to transactions dated after the current filing period. These future-dated transactions will be automatically added to the future filing when available, and will continue to receive tax calculation updates until finalized in your billing system or filed on a return. See Review your unassociated transactions.