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Vitamins, supplements and sales tax – the latest

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For purposes of incurring sales tax in any state, that essentially translates into “sometimes.” In other instances, vitamins and supplements aren’t taxed at all. How do you handle sales tax liability if you sell vitamins, dietary supplements or other items in this nebulous category? And we don’t mean “sometimes.”

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Sales tax and Marketplaces: Who owns the responsibility?

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Once upon a time, selling online meant little more than setting up a website and sending both marketing efforts and sales direct to your customers from you. jurisdictions also involves dealing with sales tax. On a marketplace platform, who has responsibility for the sales tax? But selling in U.S.

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2023 in review: The year in sales tax

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No year’s ever dull in sales tax, and the pace has only accelerated in the five years since the Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision. As we start the new year, here’s a look back at some significant sales tax events from 2023. In Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee, breaks depended on price limits of items.

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2024 Guide to State Sales Tax Holidays

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Sales tax holidays are all the rage right now. There were about 45 sales tax holidays in 24 states in 2023 and could be even more than that in 2024. If you’re in retail, hang on to your hats and read our sales tax holiday FAQ to learn: What is a sales tax holiday? What is a sales tax holiday?

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State Discounts for Sales Tax

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Collecting and remitting sales tax can be onerous – and expensive – for any business. That’s one reason some states give a collection discount to help with the costs of managing sales tax. Most taxing jurisdictions mandate on-time filing and full payment of tax due, among other conditions, to qualify for these discounts.

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What’s new: state sales and use taxes

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Florida sales tax exemptions on hurricane-preparedness items may soon encompass purchases of pet food, thanks to the lobbying of a local Girl Scout troop. Also, the Mississippi Supreme Court issued an? Virginia has enacted H.B.

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A history of sales tax

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All hail sales tax! Taxing certain goods dates back as far as 4,000 years. Ancient Egypt taxed cooking oil, for instance. The tax was levied on a product people had to buy and were forbidden to reuse (coincidentally, the Pharaoh had a monopoly on production). Later, Caesar Augustus boosted the rate to 4%.