amazon started charging state sales tax in 2011.
amazon started charging state sales tax in 2011.
when did amazon start charging state sales tax?
2011
while issuing the sales tax bulletin, revenue secretary dan meuser said that the commonwealth would lose an estimated $380 million in 2011 due to the non-collection of online sales taxes. at issue is the presence of four amazon fulfillment centers located in pennsylvania. early in december 2011, meuser said that if out-of-state sellers who haven’t previously collected state sales tax register and start collecting the taxes by february 1, 2012, then the commonwealth would not seek payments of back taxes. after this deadline, meuser said the commonwealth would take enforcement action seeking back taxes. on january 27, 2012, meuser said that the new tax collection policy was being granted a one time extension until september 1, 2012 because the original "compliance deadline [was] impractical from operational and technical standpoints." amazon began collecting sales tax in the state beginning on that september 1 deadline. currently, amazon just collects pennsylvania's 6% sales tax, but does not collect any local sales taxes.
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the state sales tax in kansas is 6.15%. various cities and counties in kansas have an additional local sales tax. except during the 2001 recession (march–november 2001), when monthly sales tax collections were flat, collections have trended higher as the economy has grown and two rate increases have been enacted. if there had been no change in sales tax rates or in the economy, the total sales tax collections for 2003 whould have been $1,797 million, compared to $805.3 million in 1990. however, they instead amounted to $1,630 million an inflation adjusted reduction of 10%. the state sales tax is a combined destination-based tax, meaning a single tax is applied that includes state, county, and local taxes, and the rate is based on where the consumer takes possession of the goods or services. thanks to the destination structure and the numerous local special taxing districts, kansas has 920 separate sales tax rates ranging from 6.5% to 11.5%. this taxing scheme, known as "streamlined sales tax" was adopted on october 1, 2005 under the governorship of kathleen sebelius. groceries are subject to sales tax in the state. all sales tax collected is remitted to the state department of revenue, and local taxes are then distributed to the various taxing agencies.
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