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Sales tax and the Navajo Nation

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The 6% rate is higher than that of three states where the Nation is: Arizona (5.6%), New Mexico (5.125%) and Utah (4.85%). Sales tax exemption forms are issued by the Navajo Nation Council, the governing legislative body of the Navajo Nation, not by the Office of the Navajo Tax Commission.

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The Enigma of Drop Shipments for Sales Tax Purposes

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Let’s say the distributor is in Arkansas and the retailer is still in South Carolina, but the customer is in Utah instead of Illinois. The distributor has nexus and is registered for sales and use tax purposes in Utah but the retailer is not registered in Utah.

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Utah Movie Producer Found Guilty of $1 Million in Tax Crimes

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A federal jury convicted a Utah man on June 4, 2024, of tax evasion and forcibly retaking property that had been seized by the government to pay his outstanding tax debt. Higgins for the District of Utah and Acting Special Agent in Charge Carissa Messick of the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)’s Phoenix Field Office made the announcement.

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IRIS buys Utah-based Swipeclock

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based IRIS Software announced its acquisition of Swipeclock, the Utah-based maker of solutions WorkforceHub and ApplicantStack.

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Groceries vs. restaurant food: Digging into the sales tax differences

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States that still tax groceries at either full or reduced rates include Alabama, Arkansas, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, South Dakota, Tennessee and Utah.

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Vendor concessions/discounts can help pay to outsource sales tax obligations

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Utah discounts local taxes as well as state. For example, Utah recently nixed a big?seller non-nexus remote sellers who voluntarily collected and paid Utah sales tax.??. Generally, the breaks are small percentages of the sales tax that you collected and remitted to the state. Nebraska’s discount is 2.5% of the first $3,000.

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State Discounts for Sales Tax

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example: Utah recently nixed a big seller discount for non-nexus remote sellers who voluntarily collected and paid Utah sales tax.). States hungry for revenue, during the pandemic, for instance, may remove their discounts, so take advantage now.

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