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SALES TAX

A sales tax is a consumption tax charged at the point of purchase for certain goods and services. The tax is usually set as a percentage by the government charging the tax, with a list of exemptions. The tax can be included in the price (tax-inclusive) or added at the point of sale (tax-exclusive). This topic covers all the news on sales tax, including possible increases and its effect on businesses.

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Cloud Infographic: Sales Tax in the Cloudmore

Doing your sales tax in the cloud could mean that you can reduce your vulnerability to audits. This cloud computing...

Bibb commissioners set July SPLOST vote into motionmore

Chris Horne and Mike Stucka reports that Bibb County commissioners united Tuesday to launch a July 20 sales tax vote...

UNALLOTMENT RULING COULD COME TODAYmore

...in the same fiscal year in which the tax loss was incurred. In addition, temporarily delaying FY 2011 capital...

City of Columbus plans to offer one-time property tax rollbackmore

Ben Wright reports that the city of Columbus will use $30.1 million in Local Option Sales Tax funds for a one-time...

Montgomery sales tax revenue up 13 percent from April '09more

Across-the-board sales in Montgomery brought in almost $1 million over what was col��lected during the same period last...

New Hanover voters pass sales tax hikemore

ELECTION UPDATE: Columbiana sales tax winning easilymore

ELECTION UPDATE: Columbiana sales tax winning easily...

Penny Sales Tax Increase on May 18 Election Ballotmore

AARP Arizona is neutral on May 18 vote on Proposition 100, which imposes a temporary one-cent sales tax increase to...

New focus group report, showing surprising openness to sales tax,...more

New focus group report, showing surprising openness to sales tax, could be key to Vikings stadium effort...

Mobile's Sales Tax to Increase June 1more

The Mobile city council has decided how it plans to balance the city budget, and it's decided on a one-percent sales...

Do You Want to Raise King County's Sales Tax?more

Today the King County Council will hold its first of two hearings on whether we should raise sales tax in King County...

Fitch Releases Report on San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit...more

Essex County files for authority to increase sales taxmore

...to the tax levy. In an effort to offset potential property tax increase, supervisors are moving forward with a plan...

Welcome to your next tax: A federal sales taxmore

...is still in the dumps.) The most-talked about tax is a European-style value added tax, which would basically be a...

Democrats in Colorado Legislature beat back reboot of Internet-sales.....more

A Colorado legislative committee quickly scrapped a last-minute attempt Monday to reinstate tax breaks on software and...

NEWS: Retailers mobilize to challenge Colorado online sales tax lawmore

Sourced from Internet Retailer April 27, 2010 Link Two organizations of direct-to-consumer marketers are putting...

Amazon faces sales tax attackmore

Amazon.com is under attack over sales tax, or the lack of it, as states aim to stanch their budget deficits;

Council "Swing Voter" Will Support Sales Tax Increasemore

Mobile City Councilwoman Gina Gregory now says she will support a one cent sales tax increase to fill Mobile's $14...

States Show Aggressiveness in Pursuing New Types of Sales Tax Nexus...more

ARLINGTON, Va., May 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To date, only three states have enacted so-called...

Alternate sales tax plan proposed to legislaturemore

Representatives of school districts and suburban municipalities gathered Monday to ask the County Legislature to...

Internet Sales Tax Update 05/03/10more

...designed to tax internet sales. This trend began when Colorado introduced an alternative to the ad tax, and it...

AZ: Sales-tax question tests voters' moodmore

On May 18, the question arises again with Proposition 100, which seeks a 1-cent-per-dollar increase in the state sales...

AZ: Questions surround Proposition 100 sales-tax measuremore

Proposition 100 is designed to benefit education, public safety and health and human services.

Buckeye looks at temporary sales tax hikemore

(AP) - Buckeye officials are considering increasing the local sales tax over four years by 1 percent.

NC: In a state's search for sales tax, Amazon raises privacy...more

North Carolina last month began an audit of online businesses, assuming that millions of dollars in sales taxes owed to...

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