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Are Digital Ad Taxes Spreading?

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Maryland has a n ew tax on digital advertising and has extended the state ’ s existing sales and use tax to the sale of such digital goods as digital code, streaming, music, ring tones, e-books and audio books, movies, online newspapers and cable, satellite and pay-per-view television programming.

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Federal Judge Sides With Maryland in Digital Ad Tax Dispute

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By Emily Opilo, The Baltimore Sun (TNS) A federal judge has sided with Maryland in a dispute over the state’s digital advertising tax, dismissing a claim filed by the U.S. The decision is the latest salvo in a lengthy legal dispute over the first-of-its-kind tax which was instituted in 2021. The decision, issued July 3 by U.S.

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Sales and Use Tax Updates from February

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In another possibly trendsetting development, Maryland has greenlighted the country’s first tax on digital advertisements sold by companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon. Estimates reportedly said the tax will generate up to $250 million but opponents promise legal challenges. 20 and April 14 to April 15, 2021.

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Digital advertising tax blocked

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A new tax law in Maryland seemed ready to rattle every company that sold digital products in the U.S. But a court has now invalidated the Maryland Digital Advertising Tax. Opponents, including Maryland Republicans, called the ruling a victory for small business. Maryland does not tax nondigital advertising. Gives pause.

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Monthly Review of What's New in Sales & Use Tax

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Digital services is a hot new area in which to require collection and remittance of sales tax – especially after Maryland broke the ground of taxing digital advertising earlier this year. Other Updates: Arkansas: The Revenue Legal Counsel division of the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration has published a? Stay tuned.

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What’s new in sales tax?

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Maryland is fielding a proposal to reduce the state’s overall sales tax rate but expand the number of products to include such items as streaming services. The bundled transaction included the taxable sale of tangible personal property, as well as non-taxable sale of wireless services.

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Sales tax and Marketplaces: Who owns the responsibility?

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TikTok: As a marketplace facilitator, TikTok may be congressionally embattled but is legally required to calculate, charge and collect applicable sales taxes on all sales made through its retail arm, TikTok Shop, which enables product discovery, checkout and post-payment activities from within the TikTok app.

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