SALES TAX
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Legislative notebook: House OKs matching Minnesota taxes with federal
By Don Davis Income tax returns Minnesotans file this spring will conform to new federal laws if state senators follow the Houses Monday action. The House voted 127-0 to change state law to match ...
Posted on 2/11/13 at 6:08 PM
Sales tax plan would be boon to some Minnesota cities 
About two dozen Minnesota cities and counties whose sales taxes piggyback on the state's would see a gusher of new money if Gov. Mark Dayton's proposed sales tax expansion prevails.
By Brian Bakst , January 28, 2013
Renee Powell, Grand Forks, letter: Time to stop rebating sales tax to Canadians
Minnesota doesn’t rebate its sales tax to Canadian shoppers, and Canada does not reciprocate to us either.
I believe we need to keep our sales tax dollars working for us in the community rather than refunding them.
By Renee Powell , September 15, 2012
Grand Forks sales tax breaks monthly record
By Herald Staff Report , August 27, 2012
Early returns show lack of needed support to extend Fargo sales tax
A citywide sales tax measure here was teetering on the edge of passage Tuesday night, with the majority of Fargo precincts reporting. The proposed extension of a half-cent infrastructure sales tax needed 60 percent of the citywide vote to pass. With 17 of 20 precincts reporting as of 10:55 p.m., 59.66 percent of Fargo voters approved of city Measure 1, while 40.34 percent voted it down.
By Kristen M. Daum , June 12, 2012
ASK YOUR GOVERNMENT: Reader asks how much N.D. tax out-of-state companies pay
How many out-of-state companies pay North Dakota income tax and sales tax, what is the percentage compared to the in-state payers and what is the dollar value of income tax and sales tax collected from out-of-state companies?
By Teri Finneman , May 14, 2012
RALPH KINGSBURY: It's not Mayberry anymore. But what to do?
Now and then as my columns have appeared, readers have had comments and questions. Today’s column is an attempt to reply to some of the comments and to answer some of the questions.
January 20, 2012
Williston vaults to No. 1 in ND taxable sales
Western North Dakota's energy boom has made Williston one of the state's leading cities for taxable sales and purchases. Now, for the first time, it is No. 1.
By Associated Press , December 25, 2011
Finley to vote on doubling city sales tax
Voters in Finley, N.D., will decide Tuesday on a measure to raise the local 1 percent sales tax by another 1 percent, to pay for repairs to public facilities.
By Kevin Bonham , November 20, 2011
LLOYD OMDAHL: Sales-tax act about fairness, not money
It looks as if factors finally are coming together to make it unnecessary to tolerate this unfair competition, in which local retailers must collect sales taxes but online merchants don't.
The applicable cliche is 'leveling the playing field.'
By Lloyd Omdahl , October 31, 2011
State Rep. Lonny Winrich, Grand Forks, letter: Internet sales-tax act wins bipartisan support
The effort has had and deserves continued bipartisan support as both a simplification of the tax code and the closing of a significant tax loophole.
By Lonny Winrich , October 13, 2011
Cory Fong and Dwight Cook, Bismarck, column: Federal bill could close sales-tax loophole
This bill will give states such as North Dakota the ability to move the responsibility off the shoulders of the consumer and put it back onto the retailer by requiring online sellers to collect and remit sales tax.
By Cory Fong and Dwight Cook , September 28, 2011
Phil Krinkie, St. Paul. column: To vote or not to vote on local sales taxes — that is the question
A Minnesota Vikings stadium tax would be levied over the next 30 years in Ramsey County, Minn., in order to fund a facility that thousands of people from all over the state and Upper Midwest would use. The people who will be taxed should have a voice.
By Phil Krinkie , September 20, 2011
ASK YOUR GOVERNMENT: Reader wonders about Internet sales tax
A Jamestown, N.D., reader has a question about collection of state sales tax from purchases on the Internet.
By Teri Finneman , July 24, 2011
Amazon cuts off California affiliates
Amazon.com Inc. and much smaller Overstock.com Inc. are cutting off their advertising affiliates in California because of a new state rule forcing online retailers to collect sales tax there.
By Rachel Metz , June 30, 2011
AROUND THE DAKOTAS: Bismarck woman new Miss N.D. ... Giant tortoise has 130th birthday ... Flying Fortress to stop ... more
Ariana Walker of Bismarck has been crowned the next Miss North Dakota. Walker takes over for Beth Dennison after winning the pageant Saturday night in Williston.
By Associated Press , June 13, 2011
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