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 state-paid Certified Service Provider services, among several others?
S.B. 62, Laws 2009; Analysis of Budget Adjustment Legislation, Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau, February 16, 2009 – or Wisconsin’s “Stimulus Package,” as it’s being called, adopts common definitions for a number of products and services, taxes certain custom software, and gives the state the ability to collect and remit sales taxes on certain online sales, among other changes. It becomes effective October 1, 2009.
Quoted from fdlreporter.com, the Governor said, “With streamlined sales taxes, we are restoring real fairness. I’ve worked very closely with retailers in the state, and it’s very unfair that they hire people and have a sales tax and their competitor on the Internet does not.”
Sales Tax Buzz always seeks the story behind the story, so the question remains, to inquiring minds, “Why now?” What’s the state’s real impetus?
Let us not forget the SST Governing Board’s mission: “To assist states as they administer a simpler and more uniform sales and use tax system.” Amen to that. 
Filed under: E-Commerce, Legislation, SST Tagged: | custom software, Governor Doyle, Internet sales, SST, SST Governing Board, Wisconsin
