Online sales tax

Six Texas cities sued the state comptroller over a rule that altered where sales taxes would be collected on certain online purchases.

The complaint, targeting Louisiana’s complex sales tax collection system, comes after voters rejected a constitutional amendment to simplify local sales and use tax collection.

Louisiana voters will decide Nov. 13 on constitutional amendments that affect how income taxes are calculated and sales taxes are collected.

Revenue from the new law would replenish the state's unemployment fund and then cut taxes on commercial real estate rents.

A Senate committee has approved a bill requiring remote sellers to collect the state's 6% sales tax. It could generate $700 million in new revenue.

Only Florida and Louisiana remain among the sales tax states that have not enacted laws to require remote collection to reap the benefit of the June 2018 Supreme Court ruling in Wayfair v. South Dakota.

Thirty seven states and the District of Columbia now have laws requiring remote sales tax collection, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

A mechanism for taxing internet sales on out-of-state sellers could mean an additional $850 million of revenue for Texas, according to legislative analysis.

A 2018 high court decision has been positive for state and local government budgets, but not as much a boost as some of the estimates had predicted.

New York will require out-of-state retailers with annual sales of more than $300,000 or 100 transactions in the state to collect and remit sales tax.