WCCF’s Wisconsin Budget Project has published a new brief on the issue of sales tax collection on online purchases. Sales tax is due on purchases made by Wisconsin residents, whether the purchase is made in a bricks and mortar store or an online business. However, some large online retailers, such as Amazon.com, do not collect the sales tax due on purchases made by Wisconsin residents. This paper, “Examining Wisconsin’s Progress in leveling the Tax System for Retailers,” examines the issues surrounding sales tax and online purchases, as well as tools available to compel collection of sales tax.
State Budget: Youth Justice
Tough-on-Crime Narratives Uphold Wasteful Spending and a Developmentally Inappropriate Juvenile Justice System Main Takeaways Wisconsin relies far too much on incarceration and blames children for system-wide disinvestment in basic needs. Protecting our children means...