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Two powerful Maryland politicians want that ad chasing you around the Internet to pay the state for the privilege of collecting your data. Maryland’s current and former Senate presidents have proposed a novel way to pioneer taxes on targeted digital Continue reading Maryland – ‘Better the Russian Trolls Help Fund Education’: Looks To Pioneer Taxes On Digital Advertising
As of Jan. 1, 2020, Californians won’t have to pay sales tax on diapers or menstrual products for two years. The temporary ban is thanks to Senate Bull 92 , which was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last June as Continue reading California – New Law Temporarily Bans Diaper, Tampon Sales Tax
June 21, 2018, Wayfair v South Dakota was announced by the US Supreme Court overruling the longstanding Quill v North Dakota (1992). The broad sweeping implications of this ruling was felt by taxpayers, practitioners and tax collection agencies alike during Continue reading Multistate 2019 Sales Tax Systems Review
Paper forms will no longer be mailed to sales tax licensees. The return can be filed on in Revenue Online or a PDF version of the form can be downloaded from the website on the Sales & Use Tax Forms web page. Service Fee Continue reading Colorado – Retail Sales Tax Return (DR 0100) Changes
LANSING (AP) — Many out-of-state websites that facilitate online sales in Michigan would have to collect and remit the 6 percent sales tax under legislation approved unanimously Wednesday by the state House. The bills, which were referred to the Senate Continue reading Michigan – House OKs taxes on out-of-state online retailers
Use of a controversial property tax exemption for commercial projects in Buffalo keeps growing, according to a new report by a government watchdog group that has criticized the way developers have used the lucrative program. The Public Accountability Initiative projected Continue reading NEW YORK – Use Of Controversial Tax Break By Developers In Buffalo Continues To Grow
Imagine remitting sales taxes to all local jurisdictions…Alaska Municipal League is creating that model and Amazon is collecting it. What if other states allow their locals to do this?
Before you embark on a shopping spree in any of the 10 worst states for sales taxes, make extra room in your budget. Tennessee, for example, is in a tie for the highest sales tax in the country, at 9.47%, once Continue reading MULTI STATE – 10 States With the Highest Sales Taxes
Dallas must return $5.2 million to the state after Texas overpaid the city in sales tax revenues over the course of several years, city officials were told in late September. In a notice sent to the city budget office Sept. Continue reading Texas – Dallas Owes $5.2 Million To State In Sales Tax Overpayments
Last week, King County Council passed a resolution that will allow it to invest about $100 million from the state’s sales and use tax into affordable housing over the next 20 years. https://m.seattlepi.com/news/article/Seattle-to-transfer-land-to-build-more-affordable-14419718.php