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Sales Tax Secrets: Drinking with Don Draper
It’s Sunday night. You’re on your couch watching television, but part of you is in a smoke-filled office calling your secretary “girl,” throwing back a mid-morning cocktail to celebrate your latest...
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Weekly Roundup: Cell Phone Tax, Internet Sales Tax Opposition
The impact of digital and Internet technologies on the economy continues to spark proposals for sales tax reform at the federal level. This week the Wireless Tax Fairness Act was introduced in the...
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Sales Tax Secrets: Reasons I’m Moving to Rhode Island
I have lived a lot of places for a lot of reasons in my day. I’ve gone to Los Angeles and Ghana for service, Pennsylvania for friends and jobs, Baltimore for school and family, Ireland for a lack of...
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Weekly Roundup: Bitcoins and Amazon Taxes
Bitcoins and Amazon taxes headline sales tax news this week. The Digital currency, Bitcoin, is being legitimized in Germany and investigated in the United States. The theory seems to be that if it’s...
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When Taxing Alcohol Gets Ugly
The first entry of this History of Tax and Violence blog series focused on the harsh penalties that were historically applied to those not complying with tax laws. Today we’ll focus on revolts against...
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Fresh Squeezed Orange: Top Sales Tax Stories
Try as we might, it’s simply not possible to read all the news, all of the time. That’s why we’ve assembled this list of the week’s top sales tax stories. Dazzle your friends with your sales tax savvy...
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The Profitable Business of Sin – Wacky Tax Wednesday
All sins are forgiven once you start making a lot of money. – RuPaul Sin tax is “a tax on substances or activities considered sinful or harmful (as tobacco, alcohol, or gambling).” We in the United...
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Fresh Squeezed Orange – Top Sales Tax Stories
Try as we might, it’s simply not possible to read all the news, all of the time. That’s why we’ve assembled this list of the week’s top sales tax stories. Dazzle your friends with your sales tax savvy...
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The 1000% Sales Tax on Political Ads – Wacky Tax Wednesday
There must be a way to stop, or at least curb, the crescendo of political ads. Perhaps, in the spirit of limiting products that can be harmful to our health (cigarettes, alcohol, soda), we should slap...
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Alcohol taxes can drive you to drink – Wacky Tax Wednesday
Taxes on alcoholic beverages are often bigger and better (i.e., higher) than run-of-the-mill, general sales and use taxes. This may or may not discourage consumption — but it definitely complicates tax...
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