also provides extensive citation to important case and statutory law. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia impose a sales tax on the retail sale of tangible personal property and selected services. In addition, there are 7,500 cities, municipalities, towns, school districts, counties, and other special taxing districts that levy sales and use taxes. The varying rates, the changing jurisdictional boundaries, the different tax bases, and the often inconsistent and contradictory interpretations of similarly worded statutes are all covered. The book also includes a chapter on sales tax reforms, particularly the Streamlined Sales Tax and a chapter on the gross receipts taxes recently enacted in several states. The 2009 edition of the Sales and Use Tax Answer Book continues to provide coverage of topics such as subjects of sales and use tax, taxable persons, taxable transactions, interstate and extraterritorial transactions, constitutional issues and the latest updates on the Streamlined Sales Tax. Also included are case summaries which cover such areas as statistical sampling methodology, nexus, collection of sales tax by remote sellers, sales tax and the requirements of the commerce clause, sales made through independent contractors or brokers, sales and use tax in internet/electronic commerce, collection of use tax by a remote seller and minimum contacts requirements for out-of-state retailers. New additions in the 2009 edition include added material on gross receipts taxes, the continuing saga of the Streamlined Sales Tax and a variety of new developments in the legislatures and the courts. Some of the highlights include: The latest developments in the "nexus wars"; Line item billing and the principles of free speech; The debatable difference between bundled and mixed transactions; Determining where title passes; The continuing struggle to define when and what food is taxable; Defining the taxable base of online purchases such as hotel rooms; The different sales tax treatment of the new television converter boxes.

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