Tax Finance Wisdom

Alabama is #1 again – on the list of where you find the highest sales tax in the country: Arab, Alabama.

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Sales tax is imposed on all retail sales, leases and rentals of most goods, as well as taxable services. In other words a sales tax is a tax on the end-purchase of a good, so it normally does not apply if a sale is for re-sale or for …

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Internet sales tax — Monopoly board Colorado lawmakers recently decided to impose an online sales tax , a move that is generating a battle in Denver and highlighting the pressure states face to find new revenues. …

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Combs will soon send $271.3 million in March sales tax payments to Texas cities, down 6.8 percent compared to March 2009. Texas counties will receive sales tax payments of $24.4 million, down 11.2 percent compared to one year ago. …

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It’s Amazon vs. Colorado, bloggers vs. lawmakers, local retailers vs.

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The company previously cut off affiliates in two other states that passed online sales tax laws, Rhode Island and North Carolina. Those states said online retailers had a presence there through affiliates and therefore had to pay sales …

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Others suggest the move is part of a larger corporate legal strategy to combat laws already on the books in Colorado, Rhode Island and North Carolina, as well as any future state sales tax laws that might pass around the country. …

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David Bronner, chief executive officer of the Retirement Systems of Alabama, encouraged Baldwin County voters Saturday to pass a proposed 1-percent sales tax for public schools, saying education fuels economic growth. …

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Governor Rendell: Sales Tax Rate Cut Will Help Retailers and Close Future State Budget Gap PR Newswire SCRANTON, Pa., March 6 Reducing Sales Tax to 4.

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A bill creating a two-day sales tax holiday for guns and ammunition in honor of Second Amendment Weekend has died amid lawmakers’ concerns over the state budget.

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