WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate will vote on final passage of a bill that would allow states to collect online sales tax when senators return May 6 from a weeklong recess. Lawmakers voted 63-30 last week to end debate on The Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743), and then voted 75-22 to proceed to the bill. They also passed a nonbinding budget resolution supporting the bill’s language with a 75-24 vote. [...]

Thirteen cities in California will see their Sales and Use Tax increase again effective April 1, 2011. Four of those cities will join some others who already have their Sales Tax at 10.25%. There are some cities in California that have Sales Tax as high as 10.75%. Here is a link to the Sales Tax Increase Notice from the California State Board of Equalization. I guess the people in these cities [...]