Joining a dating app may soon have tax implications in Washington. On April 8, 2025, House Bill 2071 was introduced with the intent of placing a monthly excise tax of $1 per resident user, to be paid by the owner of an âonline dating application.â The revenue generated would be deposited into a state-operated domestic violence services account to fund support and advocacy programs across the state. The proposed tax would be levied on…
Data processing gets top billing in Texas regarding internet taxation, but it is not the only relevant taxable service in this context. If data processing is Batman, information services has long been its Robin. The two are often thought of together because of their similarities. Both taxable services are defined broadly and potentially catch a wide range of services in their nets. Both were also enacted simultaneously in the same legislation. In fact, while the…
Vermont will impose its sales and use tax on sales of remotely accessed software effective July 1, 2024 (Bill H.887).  Vermontâs governor originally vetoed the bill, but the legislature overrode the veto on June 17, 2024. Vermontâs definition of âtangible personal propertyâ includes âprewritten computer software,â but the legislature had enacted an exemption for remotely accessed software in 2015. The new legislation expands the âtangible personal propertyâ definition to cover prewritten computer software âregardless of…
The Illinois False Claims Act (“IFCA”) has been perpetually abused by parasitic litigants seeking to force businesses into unwarranted tax claims. In the latest example, The People ex rel. Stephen B. Diamond v. Henry Poole & Co., Ltd., the Illinois Appellate Court (the “Court”) rejected an action filed by a well-known IFCA litigant against a UK-based tailor, Henry Poole & Co (“Poole”), for failure to collect Illinois use tax on custom clothing sold and shipped…