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A letter ruling issued over a year ago but only recently posted on the Comptroller of Public Accounts’ STAR research database reaffirms a beneficial sales tax policy uniquely applicable to resellers of natural gas. That letter ruling, indexed as STAR document no.

Yoga Is So Taxing... Posted on November 4, 2008 by Joseph M. Wallin Did you ever wonder if your yoga class should collect and remit sales tax from you? Well, in Washington State, the answer to this question depends on whether your yoga class is educational in nature, or a physical fitness service.

A previous post captioned “Texas Sales & Use Tax: some pending sales tax cases that have been set for trial or disposition on a motion for summary judgment in 2008 (so far)” indicated that a sales tax refund lawsuit pending in state District Court in Travis County, Delta Air Lines, Inc. v.

The Comptroller of Public Accounts recently allowed a sales tax exemption for equipment purchased for use on dredges that draw sand, gravel and rock aggregate from quarries. The Claimant in the Comptroller’s Decision in combined Hearing Nos.

A recent letter ruling issued by the Comptroller of Public Accounts reaffirms the agency’s longstanding policy that a petroleum landman is the provider of a professional service and is subject to the sales tax consequences that follow from that policy. In that letter ruling, indexed as document no.

The Comptroller of Public Accounts recently reminded retailers as to how they should calculate sales tax on television converter boxes when a buyer presents a coupon obtained through the federal government’s Digital-to-Analog Converter Box Coupon Program. In a September 12th letter to retailers, indexed as document no.

On Monday, the Comptroller of Public Accounts issued a letter ruling and sent out letters to Texas utility companies stating that natural gas and electricity could be purchased free of state and most local sales and use taxes by a campground even if the owner didn’t have a study showing that the

Over the weekend, Hurricane Ike caused massive damage in Texas, notably in Houston, Galveston and in many other cities and towns in the southeastern part of the state. Now begins the enormous task of clean-up and repair that’s been estimated to cost multiple billions of dollars.

After reading a post from May of last year captioned “Texas Sales Tax: the Comptroller is reviewing aircraft purchases made in the past four years,” a visitor recently asked “Does a glider qualify as an aircraft if it does not have a propeller or jet for tax purposes?” The answer isn’t obvious from

The tenth annual Texas sales tax holiday weekend for clothing and footwear priced below $100 begins this Friday, August 15th, and runs through Sunday, August 17th. For information regarding the holiday’s special sales tax calculation and reporting requirements, retail businesses should review the