The title speaks for itself.
1. “The Internet Is for Porn”
2. Blog Wars, the Phantom Menace Tooth Fairy
3. Buy an Electric Car: Save the World, Taxes, and Possibly Your Manhood
4. The tintinnabulation of gay wedding bells: $$$ for Vermont? (same-sex marriage and its potential implications on sales tax receipts)
5. Transaction Tax Engines: Size Does Matter
6. All [...]
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1. More States Go the Way of SST (and the SST finally updates its website to make it far closer to being user friendly than ever before, see here)
2. The Main Street Fairness Act Is Gaining Momentum (see here)
3. New York Prevails Over Amazon (thus far) & The New York Times Featured a Thanksgiving-Day [...]
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In these stormy days of the ongoing saga between Amazon.com and a number of states (see here, here, here, and here), the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policies Priorities released a riveting report this week concluding, among other findings, that Amazon’s arguments against collecting sales taxes do not withstand scrutiny – costing states up to [...]
Filed under: E-Commerce | Tagged: Amazon, Amazon Tax, Amazon.com, Center on Budget and Policies Priorities, E-Commerce, Internet sales, Internet sales tax, Main Street Fairness Act, Michael Mazerov, sales tax, Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act | 5 Comments »
Retail giant Walgreens (WAG), the nation’s largest drugstore chain, recently requested an advisory letter (Policy Letter No. 09300051, Iowa Department of Revenue, August 17, 2009) from the Iowa Department of Revenue on whether its promotional campaign involving the free distribution of the seasonal flu vaccine purchased outside of Iowa to uninsured persons in Iowa would [...]
Filed under: Taxability, Uncategorized | Tagged: Avalara, flu vaccine, flu vaccine sales tax, Iowa Department of Revenue, Iowa DOR, sales tax | 1 Comment »
It’s hard to make ends meet today and even the rich (well, house-rich) try to make an extra buck when they can renting out their vacation (or first, second, or third) homes.
But localities are having just as much trouble making ends meet, so they’re on the offensive searching for unreported tax revenues.
The Finance Department for [...]
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In what could very well become historic times in the sales tax arena, I wanted to call attention to a draft federal bill that is set for consideration this Friday, March 20, in a final set of congressional meetings – namely the Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act (H.R. 3396 and S. 34), as can [...]
Filed under: Legislation, SST | Tagged: Amazon Tax, Dr. William Fox, H.R. 3396, Main Street Fairness Act, National Tax Association, President Obama, S. 34, sales tax, Sales Tax Fairness and Simplification Act, SST, state budgets, Taxability | 2 Comments »
UPDATED March 26, 2009 and July 16, 2009 (see below)
Flashbacks are a funny thing. Especially the type that follow, many years later, from non-physically addictive, non-hallucinogenic drug usage. In this case, I’m talking about marijuana.
Marijuana: Friend or foe to state lawmakers? And to state budgets?
I’ve subscribed to Harper’s for years. It’s also my choice holiday [...]
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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 »
Now that February has dawned (and sweet little Punxutawney Phil saw his shadow earlier today – Happy Groundhog’s Day, for those who celebrate it), the countdown for old-style television watchers is on.
With February 17th fast approaching, you may have received your government voucher to help cover the cost of your DTV converter box [...]
Filed under: Taxability | Tagged: Best Buy, dtv converter box, government voucher, Punxutawney, sales tax, Steelers, television | 1 Comment »
Did you hear the one about the Livestock Emissions Tax Ban Act, S. 3729, which would amend Title III of the Clean Air Act to prevent fees or taxes on direct gaseous emissions by livestock? Oh wait, no, that’s a real bill, introduced by Senator Byron L. Dorgan (D – North Dakota), going against an [...]
Filed under: Legislation, Taxability | Tagged: carbon emissions, Clean Air Act, climate change, EPA, gaseous emissions, livestock, Livestock Emissions Tax Ban Act, sales tax, Senator Dorgan, United Nations | 1 Comment »
I just had to add a little background and history to yesterday’s post about zip code/sales tax issues:
Errors are not tolerated lightly when we dwell in the realm of taxes. Incorrectly charging sales tax can result in fines, audit penalties, or even class-action lawsuits. The only way to accurately apply a correct tax rate is [...]
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Just like almost everybody I know, I shop for the best hotel rate when I plan to visit other cities, for personal and for corporate travel alike. Of the many sites I scope, I’ve used Expedia, Hotels.com, and Orbitz often enough to bookmark them. That’s why various cases (one, among several, in the U.S. District [...]
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