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The Municipal Home Rule Pilot Program has been replaced with senate bill #4. West Virginia Is conducting a Home Rule Pilot Plan which is due to end during mid 2019, then will likely be permanently switched to Home Rule. “Executive Continue reading West Virginia – Likely to pass Home Rule permanently, Senate Bill #4.
“This is the first November and first holiday season Alabama has been able to enforce is online sales tax collections”, as a result of this much more revenue is flowing into the state. this new enforcement also made is possible Continue reading Alabama – November’s Revenue Numbers Have Been Influenced Greatly By Online Sales Tax
An update on a Supreme Court decision that aimed to level the playing field between online retailers and bricks-and-mortar stores. Starting July 1, large online retailers who previously didn’t have to pay Vermont sales tax because they didn’t have a Continue reading Vermont – Online Retailers Registering To Pay Vermont Sales Tax
The Mead Board of Trustees voted unanimously Monday to send a one percent sales and use tax hike question to voters on the November ballot that, if passed, would help fund the town’s fledgling police department and road repairs. The Continue reading Colorado – Mead Board of Trustees Submits Sales Tax Increase On November ballot
$100,000 threshold for Non Collecting Retailers (Notification Rule Enforcing July 1, 2017). The “Other Supreme Court Case” DMA v. Brohl” snuck up to SCOTUS and withstood the test of technicalities. Colorado prevailed in their contested Notification Rule released for collection Continue reading Colorado – Response To Wayfair Notification Rule $100,000 Enforcement July 1, 2017
“Virginia Code § 58.1-623 A states that all sales or leases are subject to the tax until the contrary is established. The burden of proving that a sale, distribution, lease, or storage of tangible personal property is not taxable is upon Continue reading Virginia – Exemption Certificates: Certain Types Of Sod Are Exempt From Sales Tax
“The Department of Revenue reported Wednesday that the state collected $280 million in net revenue in July, which is nearly 8 percent above the state’s certified forecast of $260 million. The state projections were set by the Nebraska Economic Forecasting Continue reading Nebraska – Fiscal Year Begins With More Revenue Than Expected
A new state law requires certain out-of-state retailers to collect Idaho sales tax on their sales to Idaho customers. The Tax Commission has contacted 500 out-of-state retailers about compliance with Idaho’s new law. More Information Information For Out Of State Continue reading Idaho – Out Of State Retailers Required To Collect Idaho Sales Tax
The state, in the wake of the South Dakota v. Wayfair U.S. Supreme Court decision, has set a self-imposed Jan. 1 deadline to have the necessary software in place for remote sellers to begin collecting and remitting Louisiana state sales taxes Louisiana, Continue reading Louisiana – To Ramp Up Online Sales Tax Collections Following Wayfair Ruling
The proposal from Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) administration, obtained by Bloomberg Tax, would include a $500,000 economic nexus threshold—one of the highest a state has proposed so far—in addition to language requiring marketplace facilitators to collect and remit. Learn more here – Continue reading California – Proposed Bill A2A Sets Economic Nexus Threshold At $500,000