What changed in sales tax today, from all 50 states. Posted as it happens.
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A new way for online sellers to clean up past-due sales tax could be days away from approval. The Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board is meeting October 13-15, 2026, in Jackson, Wyoming. According to Bloomberg Tax, the top item on the agenda…
Read the full update →If you had to guess which US city has the highest sales tax rate in 2026, you’d probably guess Chicago. Or Los Angeles. Or maybe New York City. You’d be wrong. Calera,…
October's sales tax deadlines are here — and this month has more complexity than usual. October 20 falls on a Tuesday in 2026 — a standard business day with no weekend shift…
Texas wants to stop taxing the fees that marketplaces charge their sellers. It has not done that yet. On September 30, 2026, the Texas Comptroller signed an executive order directing his office…
Utah just did something no state has ever done before. On October 1, 2026, Utah became the first state in the country to impose a tax specifically on digital content deemed harmful…
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has spent years telling Ohioans why a gas tax holiday was a bad idea. In 2019, he pushed for a 10.5-cent increase in Ohio's gas tax — one…
While the rest of the country was raising sales tax rates in October — Pennsylvania enforcing new local sourcing rules, LA County adding half a cent for healthcare, California updating dozens of…
Illinois is giving remote retailers one more chance to come clean — and the window closes in 19 days. The Illinois Department of Revenue's 2026 Remote Retailer Amnesty Program runs from August…
For nearly three decades, selling software to California customers was simple from a sales tax perspective. You didn't collect it. California treated remotely accessed software as a service — not a product…
Los Angeles County's new sales tax is live as of today. Every taxable purchase in LA County is subject to the new 10.25% combined rate — up from 9.75% before October 1.…
October 1, 2026 was the biggest single sales tax compliance day of Q4. Five jurisdictions changed their rules simultaneously. California updated dozens of local jurisdictions. Los Angeles County added a half-cent from…
Washington D.C.'s sales tax is not 7%. It is 6%. If you updated your systems for a D.C. rate change on October 1, 2026, set your rate back to 6%. The D.C.…
Numeral AI just raised $100 million. That's a significant vote of confidence from some of the most sophisticated investors in enterprise software — Insight Partners, Benchmark, Salesforce Ventures, and Y Combinator. If…
Sales tax just attracted a nine-figure investment. Numeral, the AI-powered sales tax compliance platform founded in San Francisco in 2023, announced a $100 million Series C on September 23, 2026 — led…
Most states exempt groceries from sales tax. Most states exempt prescription drugs. Most states exempt medical devices. Most states still tax tampons. As of July 1, 2026, 18 states charge their standard…
Residents of Clay County, South Dakota have until 5 p.m. this afternoon to file a referendum petition with the Clay County Auditor's Office in Vermillion. If they submit 428 valid signatures from…
Update (October 6, 2026): Governor Mike Braun extended Indiana's gas tax suspension again. Under Executive Order 26-33, signed September 30, the Gasoline Use Tax and Gasoline Excise Tax stay suspended October 6…
Pennsylvania just made a fundamental change to how local sales tax works — and enforcement starts in 10 days. As part of Pennsylvania's fiscal 2026-2027 budget, Act 21 of 2026 shifts local…
Form 4868 gave you six more months to file your 2025 federal tax return. October 15, 2026 is the extended deadline for 2025 individual and C corporation federal tax returns. If you…
Maryland's five-year experiment with taxing digital advertising just ended in court. On August 14, 2026, the Maryland Tax Court struck down the state's controversial Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax in three separate…
California updates its local sales tax rates four times a year — January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. Each cycle reflects the results of the most recent ballot elections,…
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