sales tax

Missoula Legislator Kimberly Dudik appeared on Talk Back Monday to discuss a variety of legislative issues however, it was the specter of a sales tax that brought concern to Representative Dudik.

Embedded in Governor Steve Bullock’s proposed budget is a 1.4 percent increase in spending, some of that increase is expected to be covered by a new six percent sales tax on medical Marijuana.

A representative from Authorize Community Transformation will be in Missoula on Tuesday morning to discuss the possibility of establishing a local option sales tax for special community projects.

A new study by the Tax Foundation ranks Montana as having the sixth best business tax climate in the country.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox spoke out today, June 12, against the U.S. Senate's passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act, a bill which would require businesses to collect sales taxes for online sales based on the location of the purchaser.

After the U.S. Senate passed a bill this week creating a system for the collection internet sales tax on Monday, May 6, Senator Max Baucus vowed he would keep fighting the bill.