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Services: Taxable or not?

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Figuring out sales tax obligations for goods (aka, tangible personal property, or TPP) is the less-hard part; you merely have to bear in mind that every state that taxes TPP does it a little differently. Services, on the other hand, are the hard calculation. States also tax services with nuance.

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Taxation of services

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Services continue to pop up among states’ lawmakers as a potential new source of sales tax revenue. Consumption of many personal services, such as cosmetic and beauty services, fitness, pet grooming, veterinary services and landscaping, among others, skews towards the higher end of the income scale.

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State Sales and Use Tax Update

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The case in point brought out how a transaction in which a provider doesn’t transfer tangible personal property to a customer generally would not be subject to retailers’ occupation tax, use tax, service occupation tax or service use tax. The assessment covered Q1 of 2016 only.

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What's new in state sales and use taxes

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Pennsylvania is changing how taxpayers e-file sales and use and excise returns, make payments and renew licenses, among other services. The current online resource used for sales tax filing (e-TIDES) will be retired this November and the state will move sales tax services to the online system currently used for most other tax types, myPATH.

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Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Enforcement of Corporate Transparency Act Nationwide

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On December 3, 2024, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), temporarily halting Beneficial Ownership Information (BOI) reporting to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) until further notice.

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What's new in May for state sales and use taxes

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Exclusions include sales of the services in fulfillment of a lump-sum, fixed-fee contract, or a fixed-price sales contract executed on or before Feb. For gross receipts from the sale of newly taxed services prior to Jan. 1, 2023, if the gross receipts were less than $6,000 during calendar year 2021, the services are exempt.

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The latest on sales tax on shipping charges (part 1)

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When items in a shipment are exempt from sales tax in a given state, so is the cost of shipping. Connecticut, Georgia, Michigan, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin follow this rule.