Mississippi Church Utilities Exemption Enacted
Mississippi Sales Tax Exemption For Church Utilities Mississippi House Bill 582 provides “…that certain sales of utilities to churches shall be exempt from sales taxation.” The exemption applies to...
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Mississippi Sales Tax Holiday The Mississippi “Back-to-School” Sales Tax Holiday is July 27 – 28, 2012. From 12:01 A.M. Friday, July 27, 2012 until 12:00 Midnight Saturday, July 28, 2012, “…sales tax...
View ArticleSales Tax Holiday July and August Round Up
Sales Tax Holidays July-August 2012 Sales tax holidays are sometimes used to stimulate the economy and have been popular with consumers. Here is the list of state sales tax holidays for mid-July...
View ArticleMississippi Sales Tax Holiday Begins Friday
Mississippi Sales Tax Holiday The Mississippi State sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 A.M. Friday, July 27, 2012 and ends 12:00 midnight Saturday, July 28, 2012. The two-day holiday exempts clothing...
View ArticleWashington: Two-thirds Majority Required to Raise Taxes
Washington State Renews Supermajority Requirement to Raise Taxes. Washington voters have decided the state Legislature needs a two-thirds majority in order to raise taxes. It’s the fifth time they’ve...
View ArticleMississippi: Flea Market or Garage Sale?
Sales at Flea Markets are Taxable in Mississippi. It seems like times are tough when state tax auditors start visiting flea markets, as the Picayune Item reports happened earlier this month in...
View ArticleMississippi: For or Against Remote Sales Tax?
Mississippi House Bill 933 passed in a landslide vote on February 7. Then lawmakers actually learned what was in the bill, and 11 Republicans lawmakers changed their minds. The official vote is now...
View ArticleIdaho: Should Girl Scout Cookies Be Tax Exempt?
Would You Still Buy These If You Had to Pay Sales Tax? UPDATE 4.8.13: Although the Idaho House passed HB 250, which would provide a sales tax exemption for sales of Girl Scout cookies, the bill died...
View ArticleRetailers Guide to Sales Tax Holidays in 2013
Sales Tax Holidays! Update 6.18.13: There are new dates for the Texas August sales tax holiday. Update 3.1.13: Wisconsin Senator Rick Gudex and Representative Chad Weininger recently proposed...
View ArticleMississippi Limits Audit Examination Period
Mississippi law means audits won’t spiral out of control.miss Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) has signed into law a bill that limits the examination period for sales tax audits to one year. The...
View Article2013 Summer Sales Tax Holidays
As the mercury rises, people feel increasingly inclined to do nothing more than keep cool. While for some that might mean heading to the air-conditioned mall, for more it involves relaxing in the...
View ArticleMississippi’s Online Sales Tax Filing Requirements
Filing Mississippi sales tax: All you need is Internet access. Businesses that collect and remit sales and use tax in Mississippi should now all be using the Mississippi Department of Revenue’s new...
View ArticleBrandon Mississippi Tourism, Parks and Recreation Tax
Brandon Mississippi has a new Tourism, Parks and Recreation Tax, effective September 1, 2013. Last Fall, the city of Brandon Mississippi began levying a parks and recreation tax as a portion of...
View ArticleMississippi Consumer Use Tax
Mississippi wants taxpayers to know about–and pay–consumer use tax. Consumer use tax is a twin to sales tax, except that it is not collected by the vendor. In Mississippi, both individual taxpayers...
View Article2014 Sales Tax Holidays
Sales tax holidays in 2014. Sales tax holidays happen. You may consider them poor tax policy, as does the Tax Foundation. You may like them, as do many state politicians. In truth, your opinion...
View ArticleMississippi: Reduced Sales Tax Rates and Exemptions
Certain qualifying businesses in Mississippi may purchase power exempt from sales tax, July 1, 2014. Legislation enacted last year under Governor Phil Bryant (R) allows certain businesses in...
View ArticleJackson, Mississippi, Sales Tax Rate Change, March 2014
Jackson, Mississippi to have a sales tax rate change, March 2014. The Mississippi Department of Revenue has announced a new special sales tax that will take effect on March 1, 2014, in the City of...
View ArticleMississippi Considers Sales Tax Holiday for Guns, Ammunition
.csv-header { color:#ff9933 !important; } Download Mississippi Sales Tax Rates Table Download Mississippi Sales Tax Rates Table 1Select 2Confirm 3Download Click on a state to select additional rate...
View ArticleMississippi: New Sales Tax Exemption for Certain Aircraft
Aircraft that transports people and products to oil and natural gas rigs are exempt from Mississippi sales tax, effective July 2014. Effective July 1, 2014, Mississippi will allow an exemption from...
View ArticleMississippi Embraces Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday
Mississippi enacts sales tax holiday for guns, ammunition, and various hunting supplies. Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant (R) signed Senate Bill 2425 into law last week, thereby creating the...
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