Republican lawmakers in Ohio produced a bill to the General Assembly that seeks to require voter approval before any proposed county sales tax increases can be enacted. The proposal has some county officials nervous due to the budget cuts that have already taken place at the county level at a time when funding needs have increased.
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Ohio Lawmakers Want Voter Approval Before County Sales Tax Increases
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Sales Tax News - August 27, 2018
New Sales Tax Includes Kentucky Non-Profits
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Louisiana Facing Budget Shortfall Extends State Sales Tax Hike
Residents of Louisiana were not pleased in 2016 when their state legislature put in place a "temporary" state sales tax increase. The word temporary often has a different meaning to state legislators than it does to the general public. As of last month, lawmakers in the state decided to partially extend the increase by putting the state sales tax rate at 4.45% until 2025 citing budgetary shortfalls in the state government.
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Manatee County Could Owe Sarasota County Millions in Sales Tax
A possible bookkeeping error by the state of Florida may have caused revenue collected near the University Parkway retail area to go to the wrong county. The Manatee County Commission was notified of the surprising news during a budget meeting on Tuesday. The Florida Department of Revenue notified Manatee County finance officials that the county may owe Sarasota County $4 million in sales tax.
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Sacramento City Council Seeks Voter Approval For One-Cent Sales Tax Increase
A ballot measure added by the Sacramento City Council to the November ballot will seek voter approval for a one percent sales tax increase in the city to fund the maintenance of basic city services, and provide financing for economic and community development.
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Sales Tax News - August 14, 2018
Barrington Voters to Decide on Sales Tax
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Georgia Governor Nathan Deal Suspends Sales Tax On Jet Fuel
The governor for the state of Georgia, Nathan Deal, made the announcement on Monday that he would suspend the collection of the state-imposed sales tax on jet fuel. The move by Deal is in line with an earlier promise made to Delta Air Lines and other companies that use jet fuel for business operations that the General Assembly chose to reject during the 2018 legislative session.
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Alabama's Internet Sales Tax Plan
The Alabama Department of Revenue set an Oct. 1 deadline for remote sellers with more than $250,000 in annual sales to sign up for the Alabama Simplified Sellers Use Tax Program (SSUT) and start collecting sales tax. Additionally, Marketplace facilitators will be required to sign up for SSUT and start collecting on behalf of their third-party sellers as of January 1, 2019.
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Wisconsin Announces Oct. 1 to Begin Internet Sales Tax Collection
Moving fast, Wisconsin is one of the first states in the US set to require out-of-state businesses to collect sales tax. Wisconsin's levy begins Oct. 1. The US Supreme Court decision in South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. has provided states the option to require out-of-state businesses to collect and remit sales tax including those businesses that sell over the Internet.
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Recent Supreme Court Decision Does Not Mandate Immediate Sales Tax Collection
The South Dakota v. Wayfair Inc. sales tax decision by the US Supreme Court does not mean all online vendors must begin collecting sales tax immediately.
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Arizona Joins List Of States Shuffling To Adjust To New Sales Tax Codes
Lawmakers in the state of Arizona are extremely interested in the possibility of increased revenue that may be available due to the recent Supreme Court sales tax ruling but are adamant in their stance that they do not intend to allow the situation to become an added burden to its citizens.
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Sales Tax News - July 18, 2018
Changes to Louisiana Sales Tax Start July 1
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Georgia's TSPLOST
Some Georgia counties approved while others rejected a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) in the May election.
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Sacramento Mayor Proposes Local Sales Tax Hike
Sacramento has had a half percent sales tax since 2012, but this tax is set to expire next year. The mayor wants to not just replace it, but raise it to 1 percent and make the tax permanent.
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California Anxious To Collect Hundreds Of Millions In Sales Tax Revenue Resulting From Recent Change In Federal Law
The state of California had already undertaken measures of their own to collect more sales tax from online retailers a few months before a recent ruling from the Supreme Court provided states with the authority to do so.
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New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu Plans Push Back Against Supreme Court Internet Sales Tax Ruling
The state of New Hampshire is pushing back against a recent ruling by the United States Supreme Court that determined e-commerce websites will now be responsible for collecting sales tax from out of state customers.
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