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Alaska moves toward statewide sales tax

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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is reportedly preparing to introduce a sales tax as part of a long-term budget plan for the state. Five states don’t have a statewide sales tax: New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware (aka the “NOMAD” states). Vermont was the last state to adopt a sales tax, in 1969.

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The latest on sales tax on shipping charges (part 1)

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Tax-free states. Deliveries into the five states that don’t have sales taxAlaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon – incur no state-mandated sales tax on the item or on shipping. Among states with sales tax, shipping generally incurs sales tax in the District of Columbia, Kansas and New Mexico.

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What’s new in sales tax?

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. New sales taxes are progressing in some states but not all. Alaska, one of the few states still without a statewide sale tax, is considering one as it tries to close a projected revenue shortfall of $450 million heading into the next fiscal year.

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