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A history of sales tax

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The American version Financing government has usually motivated creation of taxes in America. Mississippi introduced their sales tax in 1930, followed by many others (including Hawaii, which didn’t even become a state until 1959). In Alaska , which has no statewide sales tax, local communities are banding together to charge sales tax.

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App purchases and sales and use tax

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In some states, such as Colorado and even Alaska , home rule statutes might also apply.). Hawaii and Connecticut are two other states that cast the tax net wide when it comes to software and apps. For example, Alabama and Arizona consider digital apps TPP, and so clearly taxable. Subject to sales tax’.

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Betting on the Super Bowl? Don’t Forget About Taxes

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Sports betting is illegal in Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah. Remember that, like the federal government, most states tax income (including gambling winnings), although some states don’t allow deductions for gambling losses.

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What's new in May for state sales and use taxes

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Early discussions bandied property taxes and temporary hikes in sales tax (Alaska doesn’t have a state-wide one). Among other findings: Sales tax bases range from 19.32% of personal income in Massachusetts to 93.89% in Hawaii; the Massachusetts base is extremely narrow, while the Hawaii base features significant tax pyramiding.

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Sales and Use Tax in 2020: A Look Back

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The year kicked off with some bold predictions of economic nexus laws continuing to change as more states were poised to enact economic nexus rules and marketplace facilitator laws started to proliferate (among them Hawaii and Illinois, with North Carolina to follow a month later). Very few businesses were left unaffected.

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COVID-19 Sees More Online Grocers Accept EBT SNAP Payments For Food

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The government first began investigating the prospect of allowing SNAP recipients to pay for their groceries online four years ago. Since then, the program has grown even further, and today Amazon accepts SNAP EBT in all states except Alaska, Arkansas, Hawaii, Louisiana, Maine and Montana.

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ARPA Close-up: COBRA Premium Subsidy

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The federal government will be funding continuing coverage with employers claiming the reimbursement as a payroll tax credit, much like under ARRA, through Form 941. The following states do not have laws regarding continuing coverage of any kind: Alaska, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Montana, and Nevada (repealed). in February.

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