New Hampshire vs. Taxachusetts: How the story ends

In what could be my last post in a long line of posts covering the Town Fair Tire Centers v. Commissioner of Revenue, Massachusetts case – the seminal Interstate Commerce case regarding sales/use tax in these times – the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled yesterday, August 25th, that Town Fair Tire Centers is not required [...]

NH Governor Ensures Retailers There Won’t Become Tax Collectors for Other States

New Hampshire Governor John Lynch signed into law July 9th a bill aims to protect retailers from essentially becoming tax collectors for other states, while keeping consumer information private, as Sales Tax Buzz first described in great detail here. S.B. 5 protects private consumer information by blocking in-state retailers from providing that information to other [...]

Living Free, Not Dead, New Hampshire Stays Tough

****Sales Tax Buzz breaking news**** UPDATED April 9 below This morning the New Hampshire Senate Commerce, Labor, and Consumer Protection Committee held a hearing on NH SB5, prohibiting retailers from disclosing private consumer information to foreign states in connection with the collection of certain sales and use taxes. This bill, which was sponsored by every [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]