Privacy of Consumer Info Coming Soon to New Hampshire (or New Hampshire v. Taxachusetts, Part III)

Do you remember the post (we’ll call that Part I) about the border use tax case between New Hampshire and Massachusetts? And the follow up post (otherwise known as Part II) about New Hampshire’s Governor and Attorney General getting in on the action against Taxachusetts? Well, it looks like the bill mentioned therein is going [...]

Is Wisconsin Jumping On the SST Train?

Wisconsin’s Governor Jim Doyle signed his state’s Streamlined Sales and Use Tax (SST) conforming legislation into law February 19th (sans public hearing), paving the way for petition to the SST Governing Board for full membership. Will Wisconsin be the latest state to join SST with all of the promised benefits including amnesty, audit protection, and [...]

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“The Internet Is for Porn”

I’m going to tap my fingers upon the keyboard rather sensitively this morning. Porn is just one of those hot button issues that could be addressed in several different ways. I could, for example, take a post-modern feminist approach and remind readers that the preponderance of the pornography industry is staffed by adults who were [...]

Thou Shalt Not Tax My Book(s)?

Let’s indulge a bit of fun today, shall we? It’s Friday the 13th, after all, in mid-February at that. We could all use a bit of a break. Let’s start with the dread, nay, the fear that each Friday the 13th seems to cause some folks. Once the fear reaches true phobia stage, we refer [...]

Indiana DOR Says Out-of-State Online Hotel Bookings = Taxable Unitary Transactions

Indiana’s Department of Revenue recently ruled (you can read the longish, yet very clearly reasoned missives here and here) on whether an out-of-state corporation operating an Internet site on which customers reserve and pay for hotel rooms in Indiana should collect and remit sales and use tax, as well as an innkeeper’s tax (which is [...]

New Hampshire’s Governor and Attorney General Join Against Massachusetts DOR

* * Breaking News and Update * * Who says tax issues aren’t hot? Who says they’re dull? No way! The sales tax buzz is spreading like wildfire . . . New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte announced that an amicus brief will be filed in the dispute between the Massachusetts Department of Revenue and [...]

Live Free or Die! Border, Use Tax Case Stirs Strong Emotions

Sales Tax Buzz Interviews Retailer’s Lawyer and President of Retail Merchants Association of New Hampshire Not since we all worried (in the mid to late 1990’s was it?) that our Firestone/Goodyear tires would experience tread separation while driving at high speeds have tires been at the center of so much controversy (see here, here and [...]

Did You Forget to Pay Sales Tax On Your New DTV Converter Box?

Now that February has dawned (and sweet little Punxutawney Phil saw his shadow earlier today­­ – Happy Groundhog’s Day, for those who celebrate it), the countdown for old-style television watchers is on. With February 17th fast approaching, you may have received your government voucher to help cover the cost of your DTV converter box (of [...]