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…
Oklahoma Sales Tax Enforecement
Senate Bill 1984 took effect November 1, 2012 and will give the state Tax Commission the authority to shut down businesses out of compliance with paying state sales taxes. A business is considered noncompliant if for three months during a 24-month period the fail to report or remit sales taxes. Paula Ross, Oklahoma Tax Commission,…
Sales Tax Refunds Drawing More International Shoppers to Texas
Texas, San Antonio in particular is becoming a magnet for international shoppers due to quick, on-the-spot sales tax refund. Many tourists come to Texas to do their Christmas shopping to take advantage of the sales tax refund program. Federal law allows sales tax refunds for foreign tourists as long as they take their purchases back…
Texas Sales Tax Deduction Can Get Lost In The Shuffle
Forty-two states have an income tax, and people in those states can use it as a permanent deduction from their federal taxes. Of course, Texas doesn’t have an income tax, but instead are allowed to deduct their state and local sales taxes. And through 2011, a lot of Texas taxpayers took a deduction for sales…
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Energy For Processing/Agriculture Exemption
IOWA – For certain types of energy used directly in processing/agriculture a sales tax exemption exists. Complete the Iowa Sales Tax Exemption Certificate for Energy Used in Processing/Agriculture (Form 31-113) to claim an exemption at the time of purchase. You will be required by your utility company to update the form and show documentation on…