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Sales Tax Updates: What’s new in sales tax for April?

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There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. A bill that would raise the online sales tax in Alabama is progressing with state lawmakers. The current Alabama sales tax is 8% for online purchases, the same as for purchases at the state’s brick-and-mortar stores. Leveling the field.

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IRS Provides Tax Relief to Rhode Island Storm Victims

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By Katelyn Washington, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) The IRS has granted federal tax relief for taxpayers impacted by severe storms in parts of Rhode Island. The relief includes extensions for various tax payment and filing deadlines. 2023 quarterly estimated income tax payments normally due on Jan.

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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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Understanding Use Tax

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You may think that if you do not have physical or economic tax nexus in a state, you do not have any tax obligations. You can still have obligations to the certain tax authorit ies in a state even where you do not have nexus and are not required to collect and remit sales tax in the state. The reason?

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Sales Tax on Shipping: When Does it Apply?

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It’s one of the most important aspects of an online business – and one of the wackiest when trying to determine whether sales tax applies or not. Many states say that when the contents of a shipment are taxable, so is the shipping cost; similarly, when items in a shipment are exempt from sales tax, so is the cost of shipping.

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Sales tax on shipping: latest updates

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Ecommerce couldn’t exist without shipping (and probably not without shipping’s partner “handling,” either), but do either incur sales tax? As is often the case in sales tax, it depends on what, how and where. Portions of packages that contain non-taxable or exempt items get a break on the tax on the S&H.

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IRS Tax Relief for Taxpayers Impacted by Severe Storms in Rhode Island

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Affected taxpayers qualifying for this tax relief include individuals and householders who reside or have a business in Providence County. The taxpayers eligible for relief under this information release now will have until June 17, 2024, to file various federal individual and business tax returns and to make tax payments.