Posted on October 20, 2009 by Althea Azeff
The nonpartisan Tax Foundation recently released its updated report on state and local sales tax rates. (Fiscal Fact No. 196, October 2009, found here), opening eloquently, “Sales taxes are paradoxically transparent and non-transparent. A taxpayer can easily see how high the tax is by looking at the receipt for any purchase. It’s hard to imagine [...]
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Posted on July 27, 2009 by Althea Azeff
While the back-to-school shopping sales tax holidays season is upon us, and I’m about to list the jurisdictions granting such gifts, it’s important to remember that these sales tax holidays are probably not going to be the panacea, the proverbial shot in the arm, that the retail industry needs to demonstrate any sort of real [...]
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Posted on June 25, 2009 by Althea Azeff
** This post has been modified from its May 4th version (which focused on amnesty in New Jersey) **
The flurry of page views to this blog and dollars received in New Jersey in response to its latest sales tax amnesty program was so extreme that I decided to re-write that original post to update on [...]
Filed under: Legislation, Taxability | Tagged: Alabama, amnesty, Arizona, FTA, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, penalties, tax amnesty, Virginia | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 11, 2009 by Althea Azeff
No matter how I try to slice or dice this topic, this one just isn’t easy. What was once tangible has become, or can be, intangible tomorrow, if it’s not already so today. The issues of nexus, taxability, and others keep shifting in the virtual world.
In fact, just minutes after this post was published, I [...]
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Posted on January 5, 2009 by Althea Azeff
Sometimes when I can’t sleep, I find it’s because I’m thinking about the myriad transaction tax questions running through my mind, such as:
Why were Michigan and Arizona certified as SST states, despite the fact that they don’t yet have the ability to accept SST returns? Does this make any sense? If you think it does, [...]
Filed under: Taxability | Tagged: address validation, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, PIFs, rates, SST, U.S. postal codes, Utah | 3 Comments »
