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Sales and use tax changes for April 1, 2013

Apr 012013

Sales and/or use tax rates in the states of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New York (Clothing Sales Tax only), Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming have changed in Zip2Tax products since effective April 1, 2013.

In Alaska, tax rates changed for Sitka, Skagway, and Whittier.

In Alabama, tax rates changed for Jasper.

In Arkansas, tax rates changed for Coal Hill, Dermott, De Valls Bluff, Gum Springs, Junction City, McRae, Ola, Strong, Garland County and Independence County.

In California, tax rates changed for Albany, Moraga, Orinda, Commerce, Culver City, La Mirada, Marin County, Carmel, Grass Valley, Nevada city, Sacramento, Lathrop, Paso Robles, San Mateo County, Half Moon Bay, Santa Clara County, Capitola, Rio Vista, Vacaville, Healdsburg, and Sebastopol.

In Georgia, tax rates changed for Pike, Rockdale and Treutlen counties.

In Kansas, tax rates changed for Abilene, Augusta, Hays, Lane, Marysville, Mission, Norton, Oberlin, Osage City, Severy, Stafford, and Riley County.

In Louisiana, tax rates changed for the parish of Terrebonne.

In Minnesota, tax rates changed for Cloquet, Marshall, Hermantown, and Medford.

In Missouri, tax rates changed for Boone County, Johnson County, Moniteau County, Boonville, Concordia, Gerald, Holts Summit, Jackson, Lake Ozark, Sarcoxie, and Springfield.

In North Carolina, tax rates changed for Edgecombe, Greene, Durham and Orange counties.

In North Dakota, tax rates changed for Crosby, South Heart, Stanley, Tioga and for Ward County.

In Nebraska, tax rates changed for Cairo, Cordova, Franklin, Murray, Bennington, Sargent, Verdigre, Alma, and Waterloo.

In New York (Clothing Sales Tax table only), tax rates changed for Madison County and city of Oneida.

In Oklahoma, tax rates changed for Healdton, Moore, Blaine County, Johnston County, Carter County, Pontotoc County, Coal County, Stephens County, Paradise Hill, Tahlequah, Locust Grove, and Payne County.

In Texas, tax rates changed for Krum, Nevada, Yorktown, Ivanhoe, Baird, Freer, Lyford and San Antonio.

In Utah, tax rates changed for Centerfield, Gunnison, Mayfield, and Park City.

In Washington, tax rates changed for Castle Rock, Cowlitz County, Okanogan, La Conner, Sedro Woolley, Mill Creek, Olympia and Lynden.

In Wyoming, tax rates changed for Converse, Fremont and Sweetwater.

There were 38 states with ZIP code changes effective after March 2013 including Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, DC, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

Download a complete list of the ZIP code changes.

Angel Sauer, lead tax researcher

Some filers benefit from using sales tax as a federal income tax deduction

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Nov 212012

If legislation passes congress again this year, a select group of federal income tax filers may benefit from calculating deductions using the state and local sales taxes they paid instead of state income taxes.

According to the Tax Policy Center, residents of New York and California benefited the most from using the state and local sales tax deduction in 2005 on their federal income tax.

This option is only available to filers who itemize deductions using Schedule A on Form 1040, and generally only beats the income tax deduction in a few cases:

For residents in states with no, or limited, income taxes: Alaska, Florida, New Hampshire, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.
Individuals who live in states with higher-than-average state and local sales taxes.
Individuals who made unusually expensive purchases such as paying for a wedding, home improvements or vehicle purchases.

The IRS provides special sales tax tables that average consumption by taxpayers, taking into account filing status, number of dependents, adjusted gross income and state and local general sales rates by ZIP code. Filers using the standard sales tax deduction can also add in sales taxes paid on the purchase or lease of a vehicle, boats or aircraft, and home renovations.

Filers could optionally use the actual expense method by collecting receipts for all purchases made and keeping a running tally of all sales tax expenses. This method may be beneficial if sales taxes paid were well above the standard deduction or if the filer lived in multiple tax jurisdictions.

Filers whose sales tax deduction comes out about the same as their income tax deduction may benefit from taking former since they won’t have to claim their state income tax refund the following year.

The problem with the sales tax deduction is that it never has been made permanent since it was authorized in 2004. Every two years, the issue comes up in front of legislators once again. It expired at the end of 2011, and if it isn’t renewed this year, it won’t be available to taxpayers filling out their forms in 2013.

Charles F. Spielmann

Sales and/or use tax rates have changed in 16 states and ZIP codes have changed in 20 states since September 2012.

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Oct 012012

Angel Sauer, sales tax research team leader

Areas within Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and Wyoming made sales and/or use tax changes effective Oct. 1, 2012.

In Alaska, tax rates changed for the cities of Sitka, Skagway and Whittier.

In Alabama, tax rates changed in Mobile County.

In Arkansas, tax rates changed for the cities of Melbourne, Palestine, and Miller County.

In Arizona, tax rates changed for the city of Williams and the town of Buckeye.

In California, tax rates changed for the cities of Hercules, Pittsburg, San Pablo, Ridgecrest, Greenfield, Santa Maria, Soledad, and Sonoma.

In Kansas, tax rates changed for the cities of Coldwater, Independence and Yates Center and the county of Cowley.

In Missouri, tax rates changed for Cass County, Archie, Dunklin County, Malden, Greene County, Battlefield, Willard, Linn County, Brookfield, Osage County, Schuyler County, Queen City, Wayne County, Buffalo, Cainsville, Carl Junction, Carrollton, Fairfax, Farmington, Fredericktown, Galena, Hume, Kirksville, Monroe City, New Haven, Novinger, Puxico, Rhineland, Salisbury, Skidmore, Weaubleau, and West Plains.

In North Dakota, tax rates changed for Glenburn and Williams County.

In Nebraska, tax rates changed for Bancroft, Grant, Linwood, Shelton, Aurora, Beemer, Marquette, O’Neil, West Point and Wisner.

In Ohio, tax rates changed for Meigs County.

In Oklahoma, tax rates changed for Velma, Rogers, Bryan and Noble.

In South Carolina, tax rates changed for Beaufort County.

In Tennessee, tax rates changed for Alcoa, Arlington, Bartlett, Collierville, Germantown and Lakeland.

In Texas, tax rates changed for Cresson, Crystal City, Lucas, and Panhandle.

In Washington, PTBA Pierce County Boundary changed, tax rates changed for Ridgefield, Waitsburg, Wenatchee REC PFD, Bonney Lake, Buckley, Dupont, Orting, Sumner, Part of Pierce County HBZ and Part of Pierce County.

In Wyoming, tax rates changed in Platte County.

There were 20 states with ZIP code changes effective after September 2012 including Alaska, Alabama, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington.

Download a complete list of the ZIP code changes.

Sales and/or use tax changes for May 2012

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Apr 262012

Sales and/or use tax rates in the states of Alabama, Colorado, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota and Wyoming have changed in Zip2Tax products since April 2012.

Angel Sauer, Sales Tax Research Team Leader

In Alabama, the sales and use tax rate changed for the city of Anniston.

In Colorado, the sales and use tax rates changed for the cities of Castle Pines North, Castle Rock and Lone Tree.

In Louisiana, the sales and use tax rates changed for Acadia and Lafayette Parishes.

In Minnesota, the sales tax rates changed for the city of Saint Paul.

In South Dakota, the sales and use tax rate changed for the cities of Pactola Lake, Hisega, Rockerville, and Silver City.

In Wyoming, the sales and use tax rate changed for the county of Laramie.

There were 12 states with ZIP code changes effective after April 2012 including California, Colorado, Georgia, Maryland, Maine, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, and Wisconsin.

Sales tax rate changes for January 2012

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Jan 012012

By Angel Sauer

Angel Sauer, sales tax research team leader

Sales Tax Research Team Leader

In Arkansas, the sales tax rates changed for the cities of Batesville, Carlisle, Cherokee Village, Gurdon, Little Rock, Marmaduke, Paragould, and Rockport.
In Colorado, the sales tax rates changed for the cities of Fort Lupton, Superior and Wellington, the counties of Arapahoe, Jackson, Larimer, Logan and Mesa and the Special Districts of Aspen Park Metropolitan District (in Confer), Mountain village, Steamboat Springs and Sterling.
In Florida, the sales tax rates changed for the counties of Alachua, Liberty, Martin, and Seminole.
In Georgia, the sales tax rates changed for the counties of Glynn, Greene, and Whitfield.
In Illinois, the sales tax rates changed for the cities of Addison, Cortland, Gilberts, Johnston City, Joliet, New Lenox, Peoria Heights (in counties of Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford), Peru, West Peoria, and Winnebago. The sales tax rates changed for the counties of Cook, Franklin and Logan. The sales tax rates also changed for the Business Districts of Carlyle Green Mount, Frank Scott Parkway, The Parkway North, RT 15 South Green Mount Road, Farm Creek, and Shoppes at St. Clair Square, Mount Prospect Business District 1, Westside, and Kendall Marketplace.
In Iowa, the local option sales tax Sunset Dates were removed or extended for many cities in the jurisdictions of Adair, Hamilton, Marshall and Washington.
In Kansas, the sales tax rates changed for the cities of Beloit, Chapman, Ulysses, Yates Center and for the Community Improvement Districts of Kansas City Shawnee Plaza and Olathe Heart of America.
In Minnesota, the sales tax rates changed for the cities of Fergus Falls, Hutchinson, and Lanesboro.
In North Carolina, the sales tax rate changed for the county of Halifax.
In North Dakota, the sales tax rates changed for the cities of Bisbee, Fairmount, and Hope.
In New Mexico, the sales tax rates changed for the cities of Clovis, Anthony, Jal, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft, Tularosa, Elephant Butte and Truth or Consequences and for the county of Otero.
In Oklahoma, the sales and/or use tax rates changed for the cities of Castle, Healdton, Midwest City, and Arcadia and for the counties of McIntosh, Canadian, and Hughes.
In South Dakota, the sales tax rates changed for the cities of Bruce, Camp Crook, Frankfort, and Oldham.
In Washington, the sales tax rates changed for the cities of Snohomish, Twisp and Winthrop and the county of Walla Walla.
In Wyoming, the sales tax rate changed for the county of Sweetwater.