Sales Taxes

Tax Freedom Day 2017 is April 23rd

Tax Freedom Day® is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year. This year, Tax Freedom Day falls on April 23rd, 113 days into the year.

India Pushes for July 1 Rollout of Common GST

Late-Breaking West Virginia Compromise Would Create Two New Taxes

Getting West Virginia Tax Reform Across the Goal Line

Is Tax Reform Coming to Louisiana?

West Virginia Would Have 10th Best Business Tax Climate Under HB 2933

What to Make of the West Virginia Senate’s Ambitious Tax Overhaul Legislation

Kansas Looks at Filling Revenue Gap with Sales Tax Base Broadening

Trading Bad Policy for Good Policy in Arkansas

Three Big Problems with Sales Taxes Today — and How to Fix Them

State and Local Sales Tax Rates, 2017

Retail sales taxes are one of the more transparent ways to collect tax revenue. While graduated income tax rates and brackets are complex and confusing to many taxpayers, sales taxes are easier to understand; consumers can see their tax burden printed directly on their receipts.

Ohio Governor Kasich Puts Forward Tax Changes in New Budget

Alaska’s Budget Shortfall Highlights Peculiarities of State Tax Code

Punching the Meal Ticket: Local Option Meals Taxes in the States

Will a New St. Louis Stadium Sales Tax Proposal be a Shutout?

Cyber Monday and Sales Taxes

A Destination-Based Business Tax Isn’t Exactly the Same as a Territorial Business Tax

Guide to Tax-Related Ballot Questions (UPDATED WITH RESULTS)

Virginia Gives Voters a Say on Meals Taxes, and They Usually Say No

Missouri Amendment Four: Preventing Sales Tax Base Expansions