Regulatory Analysis
4/20/2023 Effective July 1, 2023, North Dakota HB 1177 exempts the sales of children’s diapers from the state’s gross receipts tax. Children’s diapers is defined under 57-39.2-04(d)(2)(b) as diapers marketed to be worn by children. Further information concerning the legislation may be found here.
4/20/2023 Effective August 7, 2023, Colorado HB 1062 expands metropolitan district authority to include support of park and recreational facilities. Metropolitan districts are able to levy a uniform sales tax to fund certain services such as fire or safety protection and street improvements within the district area. Further information concerning the legislation may be found […]
4/17/2023 Kentucky recently enacted House Bill 360 to amend and clarify 2021 legislation which extended sales tax to numerous services. Among the several changes, the following were also included: Repealing the tax on marketing services Clarifying extended warranty services include extended warranties on prewritten computer software access services Cosmetic surgery services do not include surgery […]
4/6/2023 Effective May 1, 2023, Aspen, Colorado has adopted Ordinance 66 to replicate carryout bag fee requirements allowed under Colorado House Bill 1162. The Ordinance amends Aspen’s bag fee to now apply a $0.20 fee to both single-use plastic and paper carryout bags provided at checkout. Further information concerning the Ordinance may be found here.
3/31/2023 Effective May 1, 2023, Ohio HB66 revises Ohio Rev. Code §§ 4517.261 and 4781.24 to remove documentation service charges from the definition of sales price when associated with the sale of a motor vehicle. Therefore, as of May 2023, documentation service charges are exempt from sales and use tax when associated with the sale […]
For the purposes of articles 29 and 29-A of the CFF, those who make payments for salaries and who are obliged to issue CFDIs for them, may choose to issue them until June 30, 2023, in version 3.3 with payroll supplement in version 1.2, in accordance with Annex 20, published in the DOF on July […]
Mexico: the SAT published the Resolution that establishes administrative facilities for the tax obligations compliant of the taxpayers of the primary sector, of Ground Transportation of Federal Freight, Foreign Passenger and Tourism, as well as Ground Transportation of Materials Freight and Urban and Suburban Passengers, in which it announced the use of a new complement […]
South Dakota HB 1137, signed by the governor and effective July 1, 2023, reduces the gross receipts tax in the state from 4.5% to 4.2% for a period of four years. In addition, the excise tax on agriculture machinery and equipment, the gross receipts tax on vehicle rentals, and select other taxes are reduced. Further […]
3/23/2023 Colorado imposes a retail delivery fee on all deliveries by motor vehicle in the state with at least one item of tangible personal property subject to state sales or use tax in the order. The fee amount may be adjusted for inflation each year. For the period of July 2023 to June 2024, the […]
The Malaysian Sales and Service Tax Royal Malaysian Customs Department announced the postponement of the imposition of sales tax on Low Value Goods to a date to be determined later. As discussed in our previous post on this topic, the tax on low value goods was scheduled to take effect on April 1. The announcement, […]
Missouri holds its annual sales tax holiday on Energy Star certified appliances (Show Me Green) from April 19 to April 25. Starting in 2023, all local sales and use taxes are exempted during this time, where previously locals had to choose to opt into this holiday. For more information, please reference RSMo Section 144.526 as […]
Effective 1 April 2023, Malaysia will be extending Sales Tax to sales of imported goods with a sale value of RM500 or less. Malaysia defines low value goods as “goods or class of goods from outside Malaysia that are sold in the online marketplace at a price of not exceeding RM500 and brought into Malaysia […]
Texas Senate Bill 1000 would cut the 6.25% sales tax down to 5.75% starting October 1. Under the proposal, the new rate would amount to a reduction of a half cent. This bill seems to have bipartisan support and the backing of the governor. Updates will be posted here on the Regulatory Feed as they […]
Effective July 1st, 2023, South Dakota Senate Bill 30 revises the remote seller thresholds for those who must collect and remit sales and use tax for the current or previous calendar year by removing the 200-transaction threshold. The law was signed by the governor on February 9th, 2023. More information concerning the legislation may be […]
Pakistan approved an increase to the standard sales tax rate to 18% from 17% through the Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023. The Bill, as posted on the Parliament website on February 21, 2023, indicates that the rate change is effective at once. The Finance (Supplementary) Bill, 2023 can be found here.
Sales tax changes are scheduled to take effect in Monroe and Westchester Counties beginning March 1. Monroe County has chosen to implement the exemption for clothing sold for under $110. This aligns the county with the state level exemption, meaning that such clothes will be fully exempt from sales tax in Monroe County. For a […]
2/6/2023 Effective February 18, 2023, by approval of Ordinance No. 8563, incontinence and feminine hygiene products will be exempt from sales and use tax in the city of Boulder, Colorado. Further information concerning Ordinance No. 8562 may be viewed here.
2/2/2023 In 2022, a Texas District Court held in Coppell v. Hegar and Round Rock v. Hegar that Texas failed to follow its own requirements in enacting Texas Tax Rule 3.334. In short, the court required the comptroller to re-amend or re-adopt the rule using proper Texas procedures. The Texas Comptroller recently fulfilled the procedural […]