Sales Tax

Sales Tax March 19, 2026 

Several states this year, including South Dakota, are pushing higher sales taxes as a way to pay for other tax cuts.

Sales Tax March 12, 2026 

The Missouri House Thursday approved Gov. Mike Kehoe’s plan to switch the state’s main source of revenue from income taxes to sales taxes.

Sales Tax March 6, 2026 

Alabama lawmakers may tweak how the state doles out revenue from the online sales tax, a move to try to resolve a complex disagreement involving the state, cities, counties, and school boards.

Taxes February 10, 2026 

Ahead of her Feb. 11 budget presentation, which will cover the 2027 fiscal year, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shared several sneak peeks, including the two tax relief proposals.

Sales Tax February 5, 2026 

If a proposed constitutional amendment abolishing property taxes were to pass, Ohioans may see sales taxes skyrocket into the double digits, Gov. Mike DeWine said Thursday morning.

Sales Tax February 3, 2026 

A new report by Vertex, a provider of indirect tax solutions, shows that 2025 was one of the most active and complex years in more than a decade.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Sales Tax February 2, 2026 

For the third year in a row, Louisiana has the highest average combined state and local sales tax rate in the country at 10.11%, according to a new report from the Tax Foundation.

Taxes January 29, 2026 

Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe’s bid to replace Missouri’s income tax with sales and use taxes ran into a wall of opposition from some of the state’s major lobbying groups Wednesday.

Sales Tax January 21, 2026 

Republican state Sen. Greg Albritton has filed two bills aimed at pressuring several cities to drop a lawsuit challenging the state's internet sales tax, known as the Simplified Sellers Use Tax.

Sales Tax January 20, 2026 

SKIMS has agreed to pay a $200,000 civil penalty to New Jersey to settle allegations that it collected sales tax on tax-exempt clothing items sold to New Jersey customers.

Taxes January 15, 2026 

Gov. Mike Kehoe wants Missouri voters to phase out the state's income tax and fill the resulting $9 billion budget hole with an expansion of the state’s sales tax base.

Taxes January 8, 2026 

The plaintiffs say the Simplified Sellers Use Tax, a flat 8% tax on online sales that the state began collecting in 2016, is no longer valid because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 2018.