Alaska’s Cities Unite to Collect Remote Sales Tax

Alaska doesn’t have a state-level sales tax.

That hasn’t stopped the Last Frontier’s cities, counties, school districts and other special districts from imposing their own local sales taxes. Now those local taxing jurisdictions, inspired by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, are exploring ways to recoup revenues on remote sales to buyers within their borders.

The Alaska Municipal League is leading the way with a program to bring the local taxing entities into a simplified statewide approach, Nils Andreassen, executive director of the group, told Bloomberg Tax Aug. 29.

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