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Morgan Lewis

Washington State Expands Sales and Use Tax to Digital Ads and High-Tech and IT Services

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On May 20, Washington state enacted SB 5814, expanding the sales and use tax base to include a range of high-tech and digital services, including advertising, software, and IT support. Signed into law by Governor Bob...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Washington’s Digital Ad Tax Enacted: Is Litigation Now Inevitable?

On May 20, 2025, Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 5814, a sweeping tax bill that expands Washington’s retail sales and use tax to digital advertising services and a range of high-tech and IT...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Washington’s Digital Ad Tax: A Lawsuit Waiting To Happen?

On April 27, 2025, the Washington Legislature delivered to Governor Bob Ferguson’s desk Senate Bill (SB) 5814, a sweeping tax bill that, among other changes, would expand the state’s retail sales and use tax to sales of...more

Blank Rome LLP

New Orleans Loses Bid to Tax Music Streaming Service

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The New Orleans Collector of Revenue (“Collector”) failed in its attempts to subject music streaming services to the City’s sales tax. In Apple, Inc. v. Collector of Revenue of the City of New Orleans et. al., Docket No....more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Massachusetts Appeals Court issues opinion favorably interpreting Internet Tax Freedom Act’s screening software requirement

On September 4, 2020, in New Cingular Wireless PCS LLC v. Commissioner of Revenue, No. 18-P-1317, the Massachusetts Appeals Court held that the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) preempted Massachusetts’ sales tax on New...more

Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

Ohio sales tax no longer to be imposed on internet access services due to federal restrictions.

Beginning July 1, 2020, federal law will permanently prohibit state sales tax on internet access services under the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA). Although Ohio was amongst seven states previously exempt from the federal...more

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Washington Denies “Human Effort” Exclusion to Online Research Service

The Washington Court of Appeals held that Gartner, Inc.’s online research service was a digital automated service subject to the state’s retail sales tax and retailing Business and Occupation (B&O) Tax. ...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Missouri bill would require payment processors to collect sales tax

The Missouri House of Representatives is considering legislation (House Bill 648) that would impose sales tax collection obligations on payment processors. House Bill 648 was introduced on January 23, 2019, was read in the...more

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