Last updated, 1.16.14.
Rate changes will take effect on January 1, 2014, in numerous states, including:
- Alabama: local sales tax rate changes;
- Arizona: rate change for high price items, transient lodging tax change, and change to prepaid wireless tax
- Arkansas: local sales tax rate changes;
- Colorado: local sales tax rate changes;
- Florida: tourist development tax change, a discretionary sales tax surcharge is extended, local communications services tax changes;
- Georgia: local sales tax rate changes;
- Illinois: telecommunications tax changes and sales tax rate changes;
- Kansas: local sales tax rate changes;
- Louisiana: local sales tax rate changes;
- Minnesota: local sales tax rate changes and sales tax rate change for cigarettes;
- Missouri: local sales and use tax rate changes;
- Nebraska: local sales and use tax rate changes;
- New Mexico: gross receipts tax rate changes;
- North Dakota: sales tax exemption for flood victims expires and local sales tax changes;
- Ohio: local sales tax rate changes;
- Oklahoma: local sales tax rate changes, more changes, and rate corrections;
- South Dakota: local sales tax rate changes;
- Tennessee: central business improvement districts fees;
- Texas: local sales tax rate changes;
- Utah: local sales tax rate changes; and
- Washington State: local sales tax rate changes and more local rate changes.
Other change taking effect on January 1, 2014:
- Alabama: administrative changes;
- Arkansas: farm utility exemption;
- California: it will be a crime to use sales tax suppression software; special taxes; and a perk for lumber retailers;
- Colorado: sales tax base in special districts to match state sales tax base;
- Connecticut: new filing requirements;
- Idaho:local administrative change; new E911 fee;
- Indiana: Amazon.com to collect sales tax;
- Georgia: TAVT rate increase;
- Minnesota: new exemptions;
- Nebraksa: boundary changes;
- Nevada: Amazon.com to collect sales tax;
- North Carolina: expansion of sales and use tax; expiring exemption for food sold to students in institutions of higher learning; expiring exemption for newspapers;
- Ohio: becomes full member of SST;
- Oregon: cigarette tax rate increase;
- South Dakota: rewards electronic taxpayers;
- States without income tax: sales tax exemption listed on Schedule A is expiring; and
- Tennessee: electronic sales and use tax filing required; Amazon.com to collect sales tax.
Other changes
- Chicago to increase cigarette tax on January 10, 2014;
- No more Picher, Oklahoma, effective December 2013; and
- Minnesota to tax warehouse and storage services, April 2014.
- France: VAT increase; and
- Mexico: VAT increase.
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Gail Cole
Gail began researching and writing about sales tax in 2012 and has been fascinated with it ever since. She has a penchant for uncovering unusual tax facts, and endeavors to make complex sales tax laws more digestible for both experts and laypeople.