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Why are some states’ sale taxes higher than others?

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When you sell across multiple states – or even within various localities in a single state – one striking observation emerges: the consistent inconsistency of sales tax rates. The federal income tax has just seven brackets to cover the whole span of what somebody can make. Why do sales tax rates have to be so complex?

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Future sales tax trends

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Every new year brings a ton of developments in all varieties of tax. Sales tax driven by burgeoning eCommerce, dynamic kinds of nexus and a steam of new tech and products that jurisdictions see as lush sources of revenue again has more than its share of trends on tap for 2025. More tax in more states. Heres a look at a few.

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IRS Offers Tax Deadline Extensions for Louisiana Due to Hurricane Francine

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The Internal Revenue Service is offering tax deadline relief for individuals and businesses in the entire state of Louisiana, affected by Tropical Storm Francine that began on Sept. 3, 2025, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and make tax payments. These taxpayers now have until Feb. 25, 2024.

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State and Local Tax (SALT) Predictions for 2024

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State and local taxes, also often referred to as SALT, are one of the most dynamic areas of tax practice, with thousands of jurisdictions across the U.S. imposing increases or newly-created taxes on real or other property. In response to the dismissal of the earlier state lawsuit, Apple Inc.

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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. The five-letter acronym stands for the states without a statewide sales tax – New Hampshire, Oregon, Montana, Alaska and Delaware – and two of those states might be leaving the group sooner than later. billion-plus from a 4% sales tax in FY25.

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Four years since Wayfair: A trend takes hold

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The Supreme Court Wayfair decision four years ago gave tax jurisdictions the sudden power to require countless companies to collect and remit sales tax. In many respects, Wayfair also opened the path to levying additional kinds of tax obligations on businesses that sell online as eCommerce becomes more and popular.

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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. Midyear sales tax. The Tax Foundation released its “State and Local Sales Tax Rates, Midyear 2023” report of the 45 states (and the District of Columbia) that collect statewide sales taxes and the 38 states where local sales taxes are collected.

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