Most online sales in Arizona will be subject to state sales taxes after the Legislature and governor approved a plan to require online retailers who do more than $200,000 in sales in Arizona to collect the tax. That threshold will go down in subsequent years. This comes after a ruling last year from the U.S. Supreme Court,[ … ]
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Arizona Lawmakers Consider Collecting Internet Sales Tax
Some Arizona lawmakers hope to capitalize on a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing states to collect online sales taxes. House Speaker J.D. Mesnard told Capitol Media Services he sees no reason why purchases made by Arizonans on the internet should be exempt from the state’s 5.6 percent sales levy. “Conceptually, and I’ve already spoken[ … ]
Supreme Court Decision Allows States to Impose Sales Tax on Online Retailers
The U.S. Supreme Court just ruled on a landmark sales tax case, South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc., that will change the way in which multistate businesses will be subject to sales tax in states where they have sales but no physical presence in the state. Prior to the ruling, the standard for triggering a sales[ … ]
Put your audit in reverse to save sales and use tax
It’s a safe bet that state tax authorities will let you know if you haven’t paid enough sales and use taxes, but what are the odds that you’ll be notified if you’ve paid too much? The chances are slim — so slim that many businesses use reverse audits to find overpayments so they can seek[ … ]
Arizona Contractor Transaction Privilege Tax Reform – Final Legislation
Prime Contracting VS MRRA – Definitions and Tax Treatment SB 1446 updates the definitions of Modification and statutorily defines Alteration and Replacement. Modification no longer includes improvement, movement, MRRA (maintenance, repair, replacement, alteration) activities or related mobilization, demobilization, wreckage and demolition. Modification now includes all construction, grading, leveling, wreckage and demolition specifically not MRRA. Alteration[ … ]
Arizona Sales Tax Rate Change
Effective June 1, 2013, the Arizona transaction privilege tax rate, commonly referred to as sales tax, will decrease by 1% for most reporting categories. What does this mean to you? Collecting Taxes: Many taxpayers who charge their customers will need to decrease the percentage used to calculate the state rate by 1%. Please refer to the[ … ]
