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Update 7.16.2019: Diapers for infants, toddlers, and children will be exempt from California sales and use tax from January 1, 2020, until January 1, 2022, as will menstrual hygiene products… Read More
Some local sales and use tax rates in Alabama are increasing as of May 1, 2019.
In Cullman County, sales and use tax increases from 4.5% to 5% for the following:
General rate
Admissions to p… Read More
Changes to several local sales and use tax rates will take effect in Arkansas on July 1, 2019. Most are due to annexations, when a city or county takes over neighboring territory, thus chang… Read More
Several local sales and use tax rate changes will take effect in Nebraska on July 1, 2019.
Coleridge, Nehawka, and Wauneta will each levy a new 1% local sales and use tax, bringing the total… Read More
Numerous local sales and use tax rate changes take effect in Arkansas on April 1, 2019.
City rate changes
Wilmot (Ashley County): Increased to 2%
Rogers (Benton County): Annexation (no chang… Read More
Several local sales and use tax rate changes will take effect in Nebraska on April 1, 2019.
New local sales and use taxes
A new 1% local sales and use tax is being imposed in the following l… Read More
Many local sales and use tax rate changes take effect on April 1, 2019, in California, as befits its size.
City sales and use tax rate changes
Alameda (Alameda County): from 9.25% to 9.75%
A… Read More
On April 1, 2019, the general sales and use tax rate and the sales and use tax rate for admissions to places of amusement and entertainment will jump from 2% to 3% in the city of Evergreen… Read More
Update 5.8.2019: The proposed sales tax exemption for diapers and incontinence products died.
A short and simple bill making its way through the Florida Legislature seeks to exempt diapers a… Read More
Update 5.30.2019: House Bill 7123, signed into law on May 15, 2019, establishes a disaster-preparedness sales tax holiday May 31 through June 6, 2019, and a back-to-school sales tax hol… Read More
Local sales and use tax rate changes are scheduled to take effect in Ohio on April 1, 2019. These will be the first rate changes in Ohio since October 1, 2018.
In Gallia County, the combined… Read More
In November 2018, the people of Mesa, Arizona, voted to increase local transaction privilege tax rates in order to fund fire, police, and medical services.
Starting March 1, 2019, the follow… Read More
Two jurisdictions in Arizona are changing the local tax rates on February 1, 2019. Although commonly referred to as sales tax, Arizona actually imposes a transaction privilege tax (TPT) on v… Read More
Competing measures pertaining to sales and use tax have been introduced in the Wyoming Legislature. House Bill 67 would broaden sales and use tax to certain services, repeal certain sales ta… Read More
Numerous sales tax rates in Utah will increase starting April 1, 2019.
State sales tax rate change
Voters in the Beehive State approved a statewide sales tax rate increase on November 6, 201… Read More
It can be hard to track down local sales tax rate changes in Louisiana. Local sales tax isn’t administered by the Louisiana Department of Revenue, so the department doesn’t post… Read More
At least one local transaction privilege tax (TPT) rate change took effect in Arizona on January 1, 2019. The TPT is Arizona’s version of a sales tax: Instead of taxing the transaction… Read More
On January 1, 2019, numerous local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in Colorado.
The Colorado Department of Revenue collects sales and use tax for some jurisdictions in the state… Read More
Several local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in Texas on January 1, 2019.
Abolished rates
The following cities abolished a local sales and use tax for economic industrial develop… Read More
A number of local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in North Dakota on January 1, 2019.
Bowman extended an existing 1% city sales, use, and gross receipts tax and also increased it… Read More
As of January 1, 2019, several cities in Alabama have new lodgings, rental, sales, or use tax rates.
Alexander City has increased the local lodgings tax from 5% to 10%.
Columbiana has decrea… Read More
Several local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in Washington state at the start of the year.
Local sales and use tax rates increased by the following amounts effective January 1, 2… Read More
Several local sales and use tax rate changes took effect in Nebraska on January 1, 2019. More are slated for April 1, 2019.
January 2019 sales tax changes
Dakota City: A new 0.5% local sales… Read More
Sales and use tax compliance in Missouri is complicated. Instead of local jurisdictions having one local sales tax rate on top of the state rate, they have multiple and varying local rates… Read More
To raise revenue for transportation projects, the Utah Senate would increase the state sales and use tax rate by 0.15 percent to 4.85 percent. Senate Bill 136 would also give localities more… Read More
Louisiana made some significant — but temporary — changes to sales tax in April 2016, when the state was facing a staggering deficit. The legislature suspended many exemptions, t… Read More
Georgia Governor Nathan Deal is backing a sales tax exemption for jet fuel. “By removing the sales tax on jet fuel,” he announced on February 6, “we can level the playing f… Read More
Update, 3.21.2018: A scaled-back version of the sales tax holiday explained below was approved by the Senate on March 20. The amended measure, which would exempt fewer items, now heads to th… Read More
Two local taxes are set to increase in Naperville, Illinois: the telecommunications tax, and the hotel/motel/room rental tax. Any additional upcoming rate changes in the state have yet to be… Read More
After a lengthy legal battle, an online travel company (OTC) has been found liable for sales and use tax on its sales of car rentals and hotel rooms in Maryland. However, the punishment isn… Read More
Bit by bit, Missouri Governor Eric R. Greitens is releasing more details about his 2019 budget plan, which he calls “bold and responsible.” His plans to eliminate special breaks… Read More
Since Arizona Governor Doug Ducey took office in January 2015, the Arizona Department of Revenue has reduced its audit and collection staff by a whopping 40 percent. In June 2016, it laid of… Read More
Updated 4.16.2018
This spring, Texas is providing a limited-time opportunity for delinquent taxpayers who step forward and pay their outstanding taxes. The Texas Comptroller will waive appli… Read More
In his FY 2018 Budget Proposal, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker proposed requiring third-party payment processors (e.g., credit card companies) to remit collected sales tax on a daily b… Read More
Connecticut’s 15 percent room occupancy tax on short-term home rentals isn’t new. In fact, Airbnb has collected and remitted it on behalf of its Connecticut hosts since June 2016… Read More
Under most circumstances, the rental of living quarters in Maine is subject to Maine sales and use tax. Nowadays, it’s quite common for transient lodging to be booked through third-par… Read More
Airbnb has entered into a voluntary collection agreement with the Idaho State Tax Commission. As a result, beginning December 1, 2016, Airbnb will collect all applicable Idaho occupancy taxe… Read More
Update 7.29.2019: The long-awaited sales tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products will take effect October 1, 2019. More details.
Update 3.10.2017: B21-696 was enacted on Dece… Read More
Update 4.24.2017: The Washington Department of Revenue has revised WAC 458-20-193. As described below, this rule prohibits the department from making a determination of nexus (for B&… Read More
Members of the Canadian Union Postal Workers (CUPW) have been working without a contract for months, and 90% now say they’re in favor of a strike.
Nonetheless, a union spokesperson has… Read More
Puerto Rico VAT is dead. Long live Puerto Rico VAT?
To help tackle its massive debt, lawmakers in Puerto Rico decided in 2015 to transition from sales and use tax (IVU) to value added tax (V… Read More
Update 7.22.2016: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed the legislation exempting feminine hygiene products from state and local sales taxes, calling it "a regressive tax on essential pr… Read More
Puerto Rico does not yet have a value added tax. The territory was initially scheduled to transition to VAT on April 1, but that date was delayed in order to give the Tax Department and busi… Read More
Federal lawmakers have now voted twice in favor of the Marketplace Fairness Act of 2013. The first time was in late March, when, during a nonbonding vote, 75 senators voted in favor of the l… Read More
Arkansas lawmakers have passed a bill that criminalizes "certain activities relating to software and other devices and mechanisms that modify or falsify electronic records for the purpose of… Read More
The Department of Taxation and Finance announced Friday its intention to "root-out tax evaders." According to the press release, the department will expand its partnership with the State Pol… Read More
Utah Governor Gary Herbert (R) signed SB 171 into law on April 1, 2013, thereby securing a "sales and use tax exemption for the purchase or lease of machinery and equipment by qualified elec… Read More
In recent months, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal (R) has traveled around the state promoting his plan to eliminate income taxes and expand the sales tax base. Yesterday, addressing state le… Read More
The Illinois Department of Revenue has issued a General Interest Letter reminding that prepaid telephone calling card arrangements are subject to sales and use taxes under the Telecommunicat… Read More