SALES TAXES
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Minnesota goes after motor-home buyers who avoid taxes
The Minnesota Revenue Department is investigating efforts by some Minnesotans to avoid paying motor vehicle sales taxes by setting up dummy Montana corporations. While the majority of Minnesota resid...
Posted on 11/20/11 at 12:53 PM
CAPITOL CHATTER: DFL blames GOP on taxes .. Car buyers avoid taxes ... Rural hospital fears .. more 
Democrats make it clear they blame Republicans for rising property taxes in Minnesota, and will do that even louder in next year’s campaigns.
By Don Davis , November 19, 2011
St. Paul wary of Vikings stadium sales tax burden
If Ramsey County imposes a half-percent sales tax to cover its contribution toward the proposed $1.1 billion Minnesota Vikings stadium in Arden Hills, St. Paul's general sales tax rate would rise to 8.125 percent -- the highest in Minnesota.
By Frederick Melo , May 17, 2011
N.D. taxable sales, purchases set record in 2010
Tax Commissioner Cory Fong says the growth over the previous year was more than 20 percent, pushing the total to more than $14 billion.
By Associated Press , May 04, 2011
OUR OPINION: Congress should close online tax loophole
When North Dakotans and Minnesotans shop, the hometown stores where they buy goods must collect sales taxes. But many online retailers do not. That’s unfair.
By Tom Dennis for the Herald , March 22, 2011
States push harder for online sales tax collection
Tax-free shopping is under threat for many online shoppers as states facing widening budget gaps increasingly pressure Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet retailers to start collecting sales taxes from their residents.
By Rachel Metz , March 20, 2011
North Dakota cities oppose bill to exempt clothing from sales taxes
Cities in North Dakota are opposing a bill to exempt sales tax on clothing - a form of tax relief, its author says - even though the bill compensate them for the loss in revenue.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , February 01, 2011
N.D. clothing sales tax 'holiday' proposed
A Minot lawmaker says North Dakotans should be able to buy clothing for three days in August without paying sales tax.
By Associated Press , January 14, 2011
GF sales tax revenue increases, but slightly below projections
Sales tax revenue in Grand Forks over the past 12 months was up 1.4 percent from the year before, the finance department at City Hall reported Tuesday.
By Tu-Uyen Tran , December 14, 2010
Fargo sales tax to be tied for N.D.'s highest
Fargo consumers will pay a 7.5 percent sales tax starting April 1 when Cass County’s half-cent rate approved on Tuesday takes effect.
By Heidi Shaffer , November 07, 2010
UPDATE: Fargo approves flood protection tax
Cass County voters approved a half-cent sales tax to be used to help fund a Red River diversion and other flood control projects. It passed with 64 percent of the vote.
By Mike Nowatzkl , November 03, 2010
Minnesota bill sets aside money for affordable housing
A House panel hears legislation today that would use a slice of home sale taxes to build affordable housing.
By Associated Press , April 21, 2010
Minnesota gov candidate Bakk calls for tax on clothing
State Sen. Tom Bakk proposed extending the 6.875 percent state sales tax to clothing in July, raising more than $250 million the first year and about $300 million a year afterward. Clothing and shoes are now exempt from the sales tax as basic necessities, along with food, prescriptions and diapers.
By Martiga Lohn , March 04, 2010
Plan raises sales tax, not property tax in Minnesota Legislature
Counties would get new taxing authority, local levy limits disappear and some charitable organizations would be relieved of paying property taxes under a Democratic tax plan unveiled Monday.
To make up for anticipated state aid reductions, the proposal allows counties to impose a 0.5 percent sales tax increase instead of raising property taxes.
By Scott Wente and Don Davis , March 30, 2009
Fargo mall exec backs clothing sales tax exemption
Give the chief executive of Fargo’s West Acres shopping mall a choice between lower property taxes and a sales tax exemption on clothing, and he says he’ll choose the latter, even though he pays more of the former.
By Associated Press , March 03, 2009
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