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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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Senate approves increase to alcohol sales taxmore

The Senate just agreed to a 50 percent hike to the sales tax on alcohol, moving the tax from 6 percent to 9 percent.

Senate approves 50 percent increase to sales tax on alcoholmore

Annie Linskey covers state politics and government for The Baltimore Sun. Previously, as a City Hall reporter, she...

Government urged to reduce sales tax on dieselmore

the Karnataka State Federation of Petroleum Dealers G.V. Bhushan Narang has urged the State Government to reduce sales...

Bank of England Is Right to Keep Rate Low, IMF���s Blanchard Saysmore

U.K. inflation to 4.4 percent on rising oil and food prices, a weaker pound, and higher sales tax as a threat to the...

House *still* debating hike in tax ratemore

of Delegates are trying their best to gum up the passage of a 50 percent hike in the sales tax on beer, wine and liquor.

Fitch Affirms Olive Boulevard Transport. Devel. Dist., MO Bonds at 'BB...more

Boulevard Transportation Development District, Missouri (the district) as part of its continuous surveillance effort:...

Another plan to take tax off foodmore

Share this page Senator Breckon wants sales tax removed from food and domestic fuel There will be another attempt to...

GENERAL ASSEMBLY Senate rejects House plan to charge illegal immigrant...more

writes, much work also remains to be done on a politically freighted issue of whether to raise the sales tax on alcohol.

Sales Tax Treatment Of Digital Property - A Bright Line In Some States...more

These and other complex questions will be addressed in a new BNA Tax & Accounting webinar, E-Commerce: The Sales...

Oil boils, SpiceJet weighs raising airfaresmore

" said the chief executive officer, Neil Raymond Mills. All airlines have asked the government to reduce the sales...

China 2011 Car Sales May Grow Slower Than Automakers��� Estimatesmore

sales growth in the nation for the second month in March as the government reinstated a 10 percent sales tax and phased...

China���s March Car Sales ���Below��� Expectations as Incentives Endmore

sales growth in the nation for the second month in March as the government reinstated a 10 percent sales tax and phased...

Opinion: The Internet Tax Miragemore

his reputation as America's most taxing politician by signing a law applying the state's 6.25% sales tax to Internet...

Alcohol tax rates could rise by 50 percentmore

Saturday to chip away at some of the weightiest issues remaining, advancing a 50 percent increase to the sales tax on...

States look to boaters to boost revenuemore

fighting a tax battle of their own, against Gov. Lincoln Chafee's call to impose a 1 percent sales tax on boat sales...

Proposed Arcadia land deal would enable Rusnak dealership to expand, m...more

and a Historic Route 66 diner to continue to coexist. Rusnak Arcadia, one of the city's top sales tax generators, had...

The Texas Tribune: An 18-Month Budget Offers a Way Outmore

current budget. That included some cuts, some found money (the comptroller added in $300 million because of improving...

State to finalize measures to revive Marmagoa Steel Ltdmore

implementation of the scheme was in doldrums. The BIFR scheme envisages relief and concession through several measures.

Gallery: America's 25 Highest Sales Tax Ratesmore

During 2010 the average general sales tax bite in the U.S. rose a full percentage point to 9.64%, the highest ever as...

Retail roundup: Overstock.com cuts marketing affiliates in five states...more

has severed its relationships with thousands of marketing affiliates in five states to avoid being forced to collect...

The Internet Tax Miragemore

his reputation as America's most taxing politician by signing a law applying the state's 6.25% sales tax to Internet...

Keidanren watches over governmentmore

citizens to be prepared to do so as well."We also support the government's plan to raise sales tax," Mr...

HST referendum ballots to be mailed mid-June, results in Augustmore

British Columbians will know the fate of the harmonized sales tax in August. Attorney General Barry Penner says ballots...

John Lewis gets Mother's Day, weather fillipmore

s biggest department store group, said weekly sales were up 1.4 percent excluding the rise in VAT sales tax.

Value-Added Tax Lessons from Canadamore

tax works, and that the levy can be politically lethal. Argitis is a reporter for Bloomberg News. The sales tax has...

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