Civic News

Pa. online sales tax is being misapplied [Post-Gazette]

Pennsylvania is one of a dozen states collecting online sales tax. It's new, so there's bound to be some confusion. But is there fraud too?

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, news that the new online sales tax that Tom Corbett led may being misapplied:

Earlier this month, a Pennsylvania consumer trying to buy a woman’s shirt at Arhausjewels.com noticed the site had dutifully added $6.79 in state sales tax to the order. Problem is, clothing generally isn’t taxable in Pennsylvania. MORE

The above map is from a Forbes story on avoiding online sales tax.

Engagement

Join our growing Slack community

Join 5,000 tech professionals and entrepreneurs in our community Slack today!

Donate to the Journalism Fund

Your support powers our independent journalism. Unlike most business-media outlets, we don’t have a paywall. Instead, we count on your personal and organizational contributions.

Trending

These 10 regions could be most impacted by federal return-to-office mandates

From Belgaum to Baltimore and beyond, this founder leaned on family to build a biotech juggernaut 

Philly vs. Kansas City: Who’s got the stronger tech economy?

How this Comcast director of product management is bringing heart to AI

Technically Media