Find your state (or states) below to see your August sales tax due date. And if you need help collecting, reporting and filing sales tax, sign up for a 30-day free trial of TaxJar. August 2021 Sales Tax Due Dates, in Order of State An (A) symbol means that state has an Amazon Fulfillment Center. *indicates a due date pushed back due to a weekend or holiday Alabama Monthly sales tax due on August 20, 2021 Alaska (A) Monthly sales tax due on August 31, 2021 Arizona (A) Monthly sales tax due on August 30, 2021 Arkansas Monthly sales tax due on August 20, 2021 California (A) Monthly sales tax due ..read more

We often say forty-six U.S. states (plus Washington D.C.) have a sales tax, but that is a simplified way of talking about what is actually a collection of different taxes that are (usually) charged at retail by sellers to customers.. While the vast majority of U.S. states will require or allow sellers to collect tax at the point of sale, not all states strictly have a “sales and use tax.”  For example, Hawaii imposes a General Excise Tax (GET) rather than a sales and use tax (SUT) . Even though these two taxes generally work the same way at the register or online shopping cart checkout, t ..read more

21 This means that if you sell on a platform like Amazon, then Amazon will collect sales tax from your South Carolina buyers on your behalf, and remit it to the state.  But as usual, there are always a few wrinkles here when it comes to eCommerce sales tax.  This post will explain what online sellers need to know about the South Carolina marketplace facilitator law, and answer your frequently asked questions.  Overview of the South Carolina Marketplace Facilitator Law South Carolina’s marketplace facilitator law states that marketplace facilitators are required to remit sales ta ..read more

It happens to the best of us. We miss a due date and suddenly find ourselves facing an overdue sales tax return. It doesn’t help that sales tax due dates vary so much from state to state.  While most states set the sales tax due date as the 20th of the month after the taxable period ends, other states want you to remit sales tax by the last day of the month, or the 23rd, or the 15th. Just mixing up the sales tax due dates in two states can result in trouble. So you’ve found yourself in a tight spot with an overdue sales tax return. What’s next? Evaluate Penalties and Interest When you for ..read more

Good news for marketplace sellers — the state of Minnesota now requires marketplaces to collect sales tax on behalf of sellers on online marketplaces like Amazon, and Ebay. This means that if you sell on a platform like Amazon, then Amazon will collect sales tax from your Minnesota buyers on your behalf, and remit it to the state.  But as usual, there are always a few wrinkles here when it comes to eCommerce sales tax.  This post will explain what online sellers need to know about the Minnesota marketplace facilitator law, and answer your frequently asked questions.  Overview of ..read more

Good news for marketplace sellers — the state of Colorado now requires marketplaces to collect sales tax on behalf of sellers on online marketplaces like Amazon or Walmart. This means that if you sell on a platform like Amazon, then Amazon will collect sales tax from your Colorado buyers on your behalf, and remit it to the state. But as usual, there are always a few wrinkles here when it comes to e-commerce sales tax.  This post will explain what online sellers need to know about the Colorado marketplace facilitator law, and answer your frequently asked questions.  Overview of the Co ..read more

Not so very long ago, if you wanted to sell your ideas or art, you created a tangible object like a book or painting and released it out into the world. …And governments knew what to do with that when it came to sales tax.  Most states’ sales tax laws state that “tangible personal property”, such as a book or a painting, is subject to sales tax. In other words, if you sell a copy of a book, you’d charge sales tax on that transaction. But things get a little more complicated when it comes to things like eBooks or a digital art file. Are these items tangible? Some states say yes, others say ..read more

Louisiana lawmakers have voted to end sales tax on feminine hygiene products and diapers starting July 2022.  With this vote, Louisiana becomes one of only a handful of states that exempt feminine hygiene products from sales tax.  What does this mean for retailers and consumers? With the passage of House Bill 7, Louisiana lawmakers have exempted both feminine hygiene products and diapers from Louisiana’s 4.45% state sales tax and, in most cases, from local sales tax. The bill defines feminine hygiene products as: “tampons, menstrual pads, sanitary napkins, panty liners, menstrual spo ..read more

Selling books has traditionally been a lucrative e-commerce business. Just look at what all this ambitious Seattle-based online bookstore has managed to accomplish.  Of course, just like any other e-commerce business, book sellers are required to contend with sales tax, often in multiple states. This guide will spell out the basics of sales tax for book sellers, including some special cases book sellers run into when it comes to collecting and remitting sales and use tax.  The Basics of Sales Tax for Book Sellers Forty-six U.S. states and Washington D.C. all have a sales tax. States ..read more

When we talk about the fact that forty-six U.S. states (plus Washington D.C.) have a sales tax, we are actually simplifying a hodgepodge of different forms of taxation at the point of sale. While the vast majority of U.S. states will require or allow sellers to collect tax at the point of sale, not all states have a literal “sales and use tax.” For example, Arizona imposes a Transaction Privilege Tax (TPT) rather than a sales and use tax. Even though these two taxes work the same way at the register or online shopping cart checkout, they are actually quite different. Let’s dig into the differe ..read more