Effective July 1, 2024, the 3.5% Mississippi contractor’s tax no longer applies to drilling, redrilling, completing, or working over an
Equifax Rises from Its Grave; Will the Mississippi Supreme Court Finally Bury this Procedural Monster for Good?
Mississippi Taxpayers should keep a very close eye on the Toolpushers Supply sales tax case just granted certiorari by the Mississippi Supreme Court. This case addresses important sales tax issues related to wholesale sales and the extent to which a seller must audit its purchaser’s downstream use of the goods on purported resale transactions. More
Mississippi’s New Software Direct Pay Permit Now Available Online
Mississippi’s new direct pay permit for purchases of computer software and computer software services is now available on the Department of Revenue’s website. The Mississippi Legislature authorized this new permit earlier this year as part of the state’s comprehensive legislation on the taxation of remote software and services (see prior coverage here), which went
Mississippi’s New Comprehensive Software Sales Tax Laws – What You Need to Know
The Mississippi Legislature recently enacted SB 2449 (effective July 1, 2023) to address longstanding issues related to how the state taxes remote software and computer services. What began in 2021 with an effort by the Mississippi Department of Revenue to update and modernize its sales tax regulations (albeit with a significant expansion of the tax
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Mississippi Enacts Broader Manufacturer’s Export Sales Tax Exemption
Governor Tate Reeves this week signed into law H.B. 549 to enact a new sales tax exemption for items manufactured in the state and exported for first use in another state, regardless of the party or means by which those goods are delivered. While Mississippi already offered a broad 48-hour vehicle export exemption and also
Mississippi Moves Forward with Remote Software Sales Tax Legislation
The Mississippi House of Representatives yesterday amended S.B. 2449 to adopt comprehensive provisions regarding the sales and use taxation of remote software and related services.
This amendment codifies the Department of Revenue’s existing regulation that “computer software maintained on a server located outside the state and accessible for use only via the Internet is not
Mississippi Legislature Takes Up Pass-Through Entity Election Technical Corrections Bill
The Mississippi Legislature has taken up two bills this session [HB 1668 / SB 3102] intended to correct several technical issues contained in last-year’s pass-through entity (“PTE”) election legislation. See our prior coverage of the original PTE legislation here and here, as well as concerns about estimate payment penalties here.
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John Fletcher Quoted in Law360 Articles Regarding Interstate Commerce and Business Input Software
Jones Walker SALT partner, John Fletcher, was quoted in the article “Calif. Pork Law Fight May Guide Post-Wayfair Tax Challenges,” published by Law360 on October 14, 2022. The article covers an ongoing US Supreme Court Case regarding interstate commerce, previous tax litigation, and whether California’s importation of pork from other states violates
John Fletcher Quoted in Law360 and TaxNotes on Mississippi Proposed Tax on Cloud Computing Services
Jones Walker SALT partner, John Fletcher, was quoted in the Law360 article “Miss. Pulls Proposed Rule To Tax Cloud Computing Services – Law360” as well as the Tax Notes article “Mississippi Revokes Proposed Sales Tax Reg for Online Computing Services.” Referring to the Mississippi Department of Revenue’s recently withdrawn rule change