State court blocks 6% sales tax on digital services In the latest twist on the implementation of sales tax on digital services in Maryland, a state circuit court has stuck down the charge as violating the Internet Tax Freedom Act, the Commerce Clause, and the
Washington first state to extend sales taxes to NFT sellers and retailers Washington has become the first US state to bring Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) trading within its sales tax regime. Since July, sellers or retailers must charge the 6.5% state tax and 0.471% Business &
Court rules out-of-state e-commerce sellers not controlling stocks exempted them from in-state tax liabilities Pennsylvania court has ruled that out-of-state sellers using Amazon’s Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) service are not subject to local sales tax. The case was brought by a seller association, Online Merchants
Two-step sales tax (gross receipts tax) rate reduction with growing dependency of energy taxes The US state of New Mexico has reduced its sales tax (termed gross receipts tax) rate from 5.125% to 5%. It will be cut again by the same amount to 4.875%
‘Axe the Food Tax’ campaign approved by Governor The US state of Kansas is to phase out sales tax on food and food ingredients, covering “substances, whether in liquid, concentrated, solid, frozen, dried or dehydrated form, that are sold for ingestion or chewing by humans and
The US’ Business Payments Coalition has launched a federal B2B electronic invoicing exchange pilot in the second half of 2022. The aim is to launch a full public scheme in 2023 for voluntary adoption. Over 75 international businesses have now joined the pilot as at
Digital and traditional services brought into sales tax net to fund income tax cuts The Kentucky general assembly has put aside a Governor attempt to stop an widening of the sales tax net which in turn is to be used to finance an income tax
Digital services and advertising services subject to 6% sales tax The US state of Maryland confirmed the 6% sales tax levy on a range of digital services, including: Streaming films and music, ring tones, e-books and audio books, online newspapers and cable, satellite and pay-per-view
Sharing economy targeted for additional taxes The US state of New York is imposing a 2% tax on platforms facilitating peer-to-peer ride sharing. The tax will be levied on the gross fee for the ride share. This will become effective from 22 March 2022. Platforms
January 2022 – only $100,000 sales threshold test remote sellers or marketplaces The US state of Maine is to withdraw the 200 transactions threshold for the obligation by out-of-state (non-resident) sellers and facilitating marketplaces. This means the threshold will now only be the $100,000 annual
