State could receive $134M a year from internet sales tax
Mississippians will soon start seeing another tax when they go to checkout online. After the supreme court ruled that states have the ability to collect sales...
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PSC: Mississippi churches exempt from utility taxes
by Alex Paton
Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley is asking Mississippi churches and places of worship to check their utility bills to see if they are paying sales tax. If they are, Presley...
Small businesses prepare for Sales Tax Holiday
When you think of the Sales Tax Holiday weekend, your thoughts may automatically turn to the big name stores with racks upon racks of inventory...
This weekend in Mississippi
by Sarah Ulmer
This weekend the Natchez Food and Wine Festival is kicking off and lasting through the weekend. Come experience one great event after another with culinary...
2017 Sales Tax Holiday kicks off Friday
If you’ve been shopping for the kids’ school clothes, you may catch a break. A tax break, that is. The 9th Annual 2017 Sales Tax-Free...
Remote sales tax bill passes House
After a motion to reconsider was tabled, the bill that could have you paying online sales tax has passed the House. A remote sales tax...
Amazon to start collecting sales tax from Mississippi shoppers
The days of shopping sales tax-free through Amazon are coming to a close. The online retailer has notified the Mississippi Department of Revenue that they...
Attorney General Jim Hood: Our local small businesses are not on level playing field
Jackson, Miss– Attorney General Jim Hood has joined with other attorneys general across the country to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider a ruling regarding...
Tax policy panel: Suggestions made to change sales tax, increase taxed services
JACKSON, MISS– The Tax Policy Panel met with a representative from the Tax Foundation Monday to discuss what legislators could do to improve the tax...
Tax-Free Guns and Ammo: Not Everyone Was in Favor of the Holiday
by kim
JACKSON, Miss.–Gun violence is the reason some people were protesting a gun show on Mississippi’s first-ever tax-free holiday for hunting-related supplies. The group included Hinds...