- Maryland Tax Court ordered Apple and the state to spend six months in expanded discovery with expert witness testimony regarding the state’s digital ad tax.
- The case focuses on whether digital advertising is comparable to traditional advertising and if the digital ad tax is discriminatory under the Internet Tax Freedom Act.
- Maryland’s Digital Advertising Tax, blocked in 2022 and reinstated in 2023, has led many businesses to submit claims before the tax court.
- The final decision could impact future digital advertising taxes nationwide.
- Several states are considering eliminating or cutting sales tax on groceries due to rising food prices.
- California extended the deadline for sales and use tax filing by three months due to recent wildfires.
- California retailers can continue to take bad debt deductions for sales or use tax paid to the state that is later found worthless and written off for income tax purposes.
- Colorado revised sales tax exemption rules to exempt the sale, storage, use or consumption of coins and precious metal bullion from state and state-administered local sales and use taxes.
- Illinois issued a guide for out-of-state retailers and marketplace facilitators to understand their Illinois tax obligations.
Source: taxconnex.com
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