Georgia Florist Sales Tax Audit

Retail Sales and Installation Services If a florist makes retail sales and, as part of the transaction, agrees to transplant shrubbery on the land of the purchaser for a lump sum, the tax applies to the total charge, except when installation is billed separately. Telegraphic Delivery Association Rules Where florists sell through telegraphic delivery associations, […]

Illinois Sales Taxes: Parking Excise Tax Exemptions Enacted

L. 2022, H4132 (P.A. 102-0920), effective 05/27/2022, exempts the following from the parking excise tax: Exemptions from the Parking Excise Tax 1. Illinois State Fair and DuQuoin State Fair Parking 2. State or Government-Operated Parking Areas 3. Parking for Real Estate Lessees 4. Parking Space Purchases by Governmental Entities 5. Leased Parking Spaces to Governmental […]

Arkansas Sales Taxes Initiation Fees And Membership Dues For Recreational Facilities

Overview A sales tax assessment issued against the taxpayer for initiation fees and membership dues charged to customers for use of the taxpayer’s recreational facilities, including access to hunting lands, was upheld. Legal Basis for Taxability The membership dues and initiation fees qualified as fees for access to amusement, entertainment, athletic, or recreational facilities within […]

New Mexico Sales Taxes First New Mexico Cannabis Excise Tax Payments Due May 25

Overview The first cannabis excise tax filings and payments are due by May 25, 2022. The New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department began accepting registrations for the new tax on April 1. Key Requirement:Taxpayers must be licensed by the Cannabis Control Division of the Regulation and Licensing Department before establishing a cannabis excise tax account. […]

Texas Sales Tax Resale Or Exemption Certificates Due Date For Audits

Overview of the Regulation Changes The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has adopted amended regulations (34 Tex. Admin. Code §§ 3.282, 3.285, and 3.287, effective 04/26/2022) concerning resale or exemption certificates. The amendments conform to statutory provisions increasing the due date from 60 days to 90 days from the date written notice is received from […]

South Carolina Sales Use Taxes Transportation Tax

The South Carolina Department of Revenue (DOR) has issued guidelines to counties who are considering imposing, or are currently imposing, a transportation tax. The transportation tax is administered and collected by the DOR in the same manner that other sales and use taxes are collected. The DOR will use these guidelines to assist in determining […]