Equipment Used in Mining Operations
MICHIGAN – Effective December 20, 2012, the sale of tangible personal property to taxpayers for use as or at mineral-producing property is exempt from sales tax, as long as it is used for exempt purposes.
Solar Energy Systems
NEW YORK – Effective January 1, 2013, retail sales and installations of commercial solar energy equipment are exempt from the 4 percent sates sales and use tax rate and the 3/8 percent sales and use tax rate imposed in the Metropolitan Commuter Transportation District. Starting March 1, 2013, purchases will also be exempt from local…
Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday
ALABAMA – The annual Severe Weather Preparedness Sales Tax Holiday will be held from February 22 – 24. The following is a list of items covered under the holiday: • Several types of batteries, including AAA, AA, C, D, 6-volt, and 9-volt; • Cell phone batteries and chargers; • Portable self-powered or battery-powered radios, two-way…
Sales Tax Breaks for GA Farmers
GEORGIA – This year, farmers will get some new tax breaks due to state lawmakers approving changes to give them additional sales tax exemptions. There is a trade-off, regular consumers will have to pay sales tax on some items that were tax-exempt in the past. Regular customers began being taxed on January 1, 2012, for…
Sales Tax Rebate for Tulsans
TULSA, OK – Tulsa residents can apply for a $25 rebate for sales tax from 2008 Fix Our Street package if they qualify. Application must be submitted by April 15, 2013 to the City of Tulsa. Eligible citizens need to be of age 65 or older in 2012. Citizens may also apply if eligible by…
Iowa Snow Removal
Iowa – Snow removal is not subject to sales tax as well the service of applying sand, salt or ice-melt. However, the materials applied are taxable and sales tax is due. When a snow removal business applies these materials for their customer and does not make a separately itemized charge for them, that business is…
New TaxFree Shopping Office in Galleria Dallas
TEXAS – A TaxFree Shopping office was added to the Galleria Dallas, where customers can get instant sales tax refunds. It is located on the third floor near Old Navy. About 30 percent of its yearly visitors are from outside the US. Aside from the office inside the DFW Airport, the Galleria and Paragon Outlets…
Extra 5% Sales Tax on Guns and Ammunition
NEW JERSERY – A bill for an extra 5 percent sales tax on guns and ammunition has been introduced by an assemblywoman. The money would go into a “Safety Tax Fund” to purchase items such as security cameras, electronic emergency notification systems, devices controlling entrances, panic buttons and doors that can be locked from inside…
Violence Tax on Guns
ILLINOIS – A “violence tax” on guns has been approved in the Chicago area BY Cook County commissioners. City law prohibits gun sales in Chicago, but the $25 tax on every gun purchased in the county is meant to offset health care and other costs of gun violence, said Toni Preckwinkle, Board President. The average…
Amazon Collects Sales Tax in Massachusetts
MASSACHUSETTS – Beginning November 2013, Amazon.com will start to collect sales tax in Massachusetts. This comes after purchasing the warehouse-robotics company Kiva Systems, in North Reading, and open a technology office in Cambridge. Paul Misener, Amazon’s VP of global public policy said that the company looks forward “to creating hundreds of high tech jobs in…