Posted on December 11, 2009 by Althea Azeff
2009 was rife with legislative changes in terms of nexus, e-commerce taxation, sales tax holidays, and other key areas, so to help readers make a little sense of all of this activity, I put together the Sales Tax Buzz Top 10 Sales & Use Tax Legislative Developments of 2009 List, as well as a little [...]
Filed under: Legislation | Tagged: cell phone fairness act, E-Commerce, internet tax, Live Free or Die, Main Street Fairness Act, marajuana tax, sales and use tax legislation, sales tax amnesty, Sales Tax Buzz, Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act, VAT | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 26, 2009 by Althea Azeff
In what could be my last post in a long line of posts covering the Town Fair Tire Centers v. Commissioner of Revenue, Massachusetts case – the seminal Interstate Commerce case regarding sales/use tax in these times – the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday, August 25th, that Town Fair Tire Centers is not required [...]
Filed under: Court Cases | Tagged: Live Free or Die, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Town Fair Tire, Town Fair Tire Centers, use tax, use taxes | 3 Comments »
Posted on March 31, 2009 by Althea Azeff
****Sales Tax Buzz breaking news****
UPDATED April 9 below
This morning the New Hampshire Senate Commerce, Labor, and Consumer Protection Committee held a hearing on NH SB5, prohibiting retailers from disclosing private consumer information to foreign states in connection with the collection of certain sales and use taxes.
This bill, which was sponsored by every NH state senator [...]
Filed under: Court Cases, Legislation | Tagged: Governor Lynch, Live Free or Die, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Town Fair Tire Centers, use tax | 3 Comments »
Posted on February 27, 2009 by Althea Azeff
Do you remember the post (we’ll call that Part I) about the border use tax case between New Hampshire and Massachusetts? And the follow up post (otherwise known as Part II) about New Hampshire’s Governor and Attorney General getting in on the action against Taxachusetts? Well, it looks like the bill mentioned therein is going [...]
Filed under: Legislation, Taxability | Tagged: Commerce Clause, consumer privacy, foreign states, Live Free or Die, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, S.B. 5, statute, Taxachusetts, use tax | 6 Comments »
Posted on February 4, 2009 by Althea Azeff
Sales Tax Buzz Interviews Retailer’s Lawyer and President of Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire
Not since we all worried (in the mid to late 1990’s was it?) that our Firestone/Goodyear tires would experience tread separation while driving at high speeds have tires been at the center of so much controversy (see here, here and [...]
Filed under: Court Cases, Taxability | Tagged: David Nagle, Live Free or Die, Massachusetts, Nancy Kyle, New Hampshire, nexus, Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire, sales tax, State Tax Notes, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Town Fair Tire, use tax | 7 Comments »