Sales Tax In the News

Alaska Considers First-Ever State Sales Tax in 2026
Avalara, February 5, 2026

Juneau Cost of Living Initiatives Fall Short on Signatures
Alaska Public Media, June 3, 2025

[Petersburg] Assembly Advances Ordinance to Limit Senior Sales Tax Exemption to Low-Income Residents
Peterburg Pilot, May 29, 2025

Cruise Industry Sues Skagway Over Shore Excursion Tax
Cruise News, May 29, 2025

How is Skagway, Alaska’s New Tax Policy Impacting Cruise Tourism and Travel Industry Relations?
Travel and Tour World, May 28, 2025

CLIA Sues Alaska Cruise Port Skagway Over New Tour Tax
Travel Weekly, May 28, 2025

Nome Debates Return of Seasonal Sales Tax to Shore Up City Budget
KNOM FM, May 27, 2025

Cruise Industry Sues Skagway Over New Tax Policy
Alaska Public Media, May 27, 2025

Juneau Assembly Considers Seasonal Sales to Capitalize on Summer Tourism
KTOO, May 27, 2025

Skagway Ballot Question to Include 2% Sales Tax Increase, Municipal Utility Fee Waiver
KHNS FM, May 19, 2025

Bill Taxing Certain Online Sales, with Potential to Boost Education Funding, Passes House
Alaska’s News Source, May 7, 2025

Skagway’s Possible Sales Tax Increase, with a Surprise, and Other Borough News
KHNS FM, May 7, 2025

State Tax Administrators are Studying the Use of Generative AI
taxnotes, April 15, 2025 (requires subscription to access)

Sharp Turn in Federal Policy Brings Significant Risks for State Tax Revenues
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, April 9, 2025

Anchorage Sales Tax Backers Consider Next Steps
Alaska Public Media, March 27, 2025

Alaska Bill Proposes Marketplace Facilitator Tax to Fight Retail Theft
taxnotes, March 20, 2025 (requires subscription to access)

City of Elim Joins Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission
SOVOS, March 18, 2025

Anchorage Sales Tax Proposal Postponed Indefinitely by Assembly Tuesday Night
Alaska News Source, March 18, 2025

COST Objects to Proposed Tax on Marketplace Facilitators in Alaska
taxnotes, March 17, 2025 (requires subscription to access)

Anchorage Assembly Postpones Vote on 3% Sales Tax
Anchorage Daily News, March 5, 2025

Cruise Passengers in Ketchikan Will Now Pay Sales Tax for Onboard Purchases
CruiseRadio, February 28, 2025

Ketchikan Repeals Sales Tax Exemption for Cruise Ships
KTOO, February 26, 2025

[Ketchikan] City Council Repeals Cruise Ship Sales Tax Exemption
Ketchikan Daily News, February 21, 2025

Alaska Bill Would Establish Marketplace Facilitator Sales Tax
taxnotes, February 12, 2025 (requires subscription to access)

Ketchikan Governments Pursue New Sales Tax on Cruise Passengers
KRBD FM, February 6, 2025

Skagway’s Expanded Sales Tax on Tours is Making Haines Nervous
KHNS FM, January 30, 2025

Alaska Removes Economic Nexus Transaction Threshold
Avalara, November 19, 2024

Revenue From Online Purchases Reaches 11% of [Haines] Borough Sales Tax Collections
Chilkat Valley News, November 14, 2024

Effects of a Proposed Sales Tax on Anchorage Households
University of Alaska Anchorage Institute of Social and Economic Research, November 13, 2024

Sales Tax Proposal Sparks Debate Among Anchorage Residents and City Officials
Anchorage Daily News, November 11, 2024

Alaska Removes Sales Tax Transaction Threshold
Taxually, November 6, 2024

Alaska Tax Commission Issues Threshold Repeal Guidance
taxnotes, November 1, 2024 (requires subscription to access)

Anchorage Assembly Considers Ballot Proposition that Would Introduce a 3% Sales Tax
Alaska Public Media, October 10, 2024

Alaska Repeals Sales Tax Transaction Threshold
Sales Tax Institute, October 9, 2024

Providing Small Business Relief from Remote Sales Tax Collection
United States Senate Committee on Finance, September 24, 2024

Alaska Governor Vetos App-Based Car Rental Tax Bill
taxnotes, September 16, 2024 (requires subscription to access)

City of Mekoryuk Joins Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission
Sovos, September 3, 2024

[Petersburg] Borough Voters to Decide on Sales Tax Cap Increase in October
Peterburg Pilot, June 27, 2024

Anchorage 3% Sales Tax Initiative Proposed by Economic Development Corporation
Alaska News Source, June 11, 2024

KMPG Reports: Alaska (Marketplace Facilitators Sales Tax)
KMPG, February 26, 2024

[Kodiak] City Considering Changes to Sales Tax Exemptions
Kodiak Daily Mirror, January 26, 2024

[Kodiak] Online Sales Tax Revenues Surge
Kodiak Daily Mirror, January 26, 2024

[Cordova] Tax Increase Goes Into Effect in the New Year, Elections Announced
The Cordova Times, January 8, 2024

[Saint Paul] City Proposes New Taxes in 2024 Due to $0 Tax Revenue From Crab
City of Saint Paul, January 2024

Alaska Fiscal Crisis: Sales Tax
Alaska Policy Forum, November 1, 2023

Surplus Sales Tax Revenue Could Fund One-Time Utility Credits for Sitkans
KCAW FM, October 25, 2023

Sales Tax Increase Back on Ballot – With a Revision
The Skagway News, August 11, 2023

A Sales Tax Increase Proposed for Houston Would Fund Parks
Frontiersman, August 7, 2023

Alaska Sales Taxes is Lowest in the Nation
The Center Square, July 18, 2023

Wayfair Turns Five: A Coming of Age Story
RSM US, June 8, 2023

Overcharged on Nome Sales Tax? City Says Take it up with the Retailer
Alaska Public Media, May 18, 2023

Alaska Governor Calls For A Statewide Sales Tax
RSM US, May 3, 2023

Bump in Sales Tax Revenue, Raises for City Employees Elements of Soldotna Draft Budget
Peninsula Clarion April 25, 2023

State Sales or Income Tax? As Alaska Lawmakers Consider Proposals, Economists Weigh In
Alaska Public Media, April 25, 2023

Statewide Sales Tax Could be on the Horizon
Alaska News Source, April 19, 2023

[Governor] Dunleavy Weighs a Statewide Sales Tax Amid Broader Push for Fiscal Plan
Juneau Empire April 18, 2023

State Sales Tax … Gets First Hearing in Alaska
Alaska Beacon, March 30, 2023

Alaska House Republican Introduces 2% Sales Tax Bill as Part of Fiscal Plan
Anchorage Daily News, March 27, 2023

Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly Moves to Double Sales Tax Cap to $4,000
KRBD FM, March 21, 2023

Ketchikan Municipal Roundup: City Approves Sales Tax Break for Renters
KRBD FM, March 3, 2023

Alaska Offers Voluntary Disclosure for Unregistered Remote Sellers
Avalara, February 20, 2023

[Nome] City Shifts Tax Collection System Online
The Nome Nugget, January 13, 2023

Alaska Announces Voluntary Disclosure Program
Sales Tax Institute, January 11, 2023

Remote Sales Tax: Federal Legislation Could Resolve Some Uncertainties and Improve Overall System
United States Government Accountability Office, November, 2022

Cyber Monday Sales Tax to Boost Local Government Budgets
Peninsula Clarion, November 28, 2022

Bethel City Council Approved Waiving Penalties and Fees on Unpaid Sales Tax for Some Businesses
Alaska Public Media, October 13, 2022

Ketchikan City Council Approves Seasonal Sales Tax to Capitalize on Summer Tourism
Alaska Public Media, August 23, 2022

Alaska Cities Tap Into Online Sales Tax
Alaska Journal of Commerce, June 3, 2022 (archived)

Juneau Assembly Looks Into Exempting Food From Sales Tax
KTOO, April 28, 2022

[Nome] Council Mulls Keeping Sales Tax at 5 Percent
The Nome Nugget, April 8, 2022

Homer Sets Record for Sales Tax Revenues
Peninsula Clarion, December 22, 2021

Alaska Taps Into New Tax Base
National Association of Counties, November 15, 2021

Seldovia Increases Sales Tax to Fund New Grader
Homer News, November 3, 2021

Alaska Municipal League Earns National Achievement Award for the Alaska Remote Seller Sales Tax Commission
Alaska Municipal League, June 4, 2021

North Pole Council Adopts Measure to Begin Collecting Sales Tax from Online Purchases
KUAC FM, March 2, 2021

Kenai Sees Returns from Remote Sales Tax
Peninsula Clarion, December 22, 2020

Online Sales Tax Helps Remote Communities Balance 2020’s Lost Local Taxes
KFSK FM, December 18, 2020

Alaska and Colorado Implement Centralized Systems for Local Sales Tax Filings
Forvis, December 15, 2020 (archived)

City Online Sales Tax Update: So Far, So Good
KMXT FM, December 11, 2020

Sales Tax on Outside Purchases Projected to Raise up to $10 Million for Alaska Towns
Anchorage Daily News/Associated Press, December 1, 2020

Alaska Online Sales Tax Offers a ‘Tiny Bright Spot’ of Revenue from Some Local Communities
KTVF, November 28, 2020

Wasilla Reports Online Sales Tax Revenues
Frontiersman, September 21, 2020

Home Rule Jurisdictions Make Their Move
Bloomberg Tax, August 21, 2020

Borough Attorney Talks Remote Sales Tax
Ketchikan Daily News, July 11, 2020

Sitka Wants Piece of Internet Sales Tax Revenue
KINY, May 1, 2020 (archived)

Alaska Teams Up with MUNIRevs and TTR to Help Companies Get Sales Tax Right
Cision PR Newswire, April 27, 2020

Soldotna Predicts Sales Tax Losses
KDLL FM, April 24, 2020

Alaska Jurisdictions Combine to Establish States’ First Nexus
TaxConnex, April 21, 2020

NOMAD – No More: Alaska Introduces Economic Nexus for Sales Tax
Sales Tax and More, March 25, 2020

Establishing an Economic Nexus in Alaska
Sales Tax and More, March 18, 2020

Petersburg Assembly Advances Online Sales Tax Code
KFSK FM, March 5, 2020

City Closer to Implementing Online Sales Tax
Kodiak Daily Mirror, March 4, 2020

Online Sales Tax Gets Green Light
KDLL FM, February 26, 2020

Wasilla Passes Remote Seller Sales Tax Code
Frontiersman, February 25, 2020

To Protect Local Brick and Mortar, Haines to Consider Remote Seller Tax
Alaska Public Media, February 24, 2020

Remote Sales Tax Could Give Local Businesses a Leg Up
KHNS FM, February 22, 2020

Kenai Readies for Online Sales Tax Collection
KDLL FM, February 20, 2020

More Taxes for Unalaska’s Online Shoppers
Bristol Bay Times-Dutch Harbor Fisherman, February 8, 2020 (archived)

Remote Sales Tax Collection
Legislative Lunch and Learn, February 7, 2020
Sponsored by Senator Kiehl

Online Retailers to Collect and Pay City of Nome Sales Tax
The Nome Nugget, February 7, 2020

Online Sales Net More Than $70,000 in 2019
Chilkat Valley News, January 30, 2020

Bethel Joins Alaska Remote Sales Tax Commission in Order to Collect Online Sales Tax
KYUK FM, January 29, 2020

Alaska’s Local Governments Work to Address Remote Sales Tax
Anchorage Daily News, January 28, 2020

Borough Works to Make Clear Tax Applies to Online Sales
The Skagway News, January 14, 2020 (archived)

Alaska Board Advances State’s Tax Code on Remote Sales
Law 360, January 8, 2020 (requires subscription to access)

Petersburg Assembly OKs Signing Onto Online Sales Tax Collection
KFSK FM, December 19, 2019

Alaska Cities Band Together to Collect Local Sales Tax From Online Merchants
The Skagway News, December 16, 2019 (archived)

Sitka Joins Other Alaska Cities to Create Online Sales Tax Collection System
KCAW FM, December 13, 2019

Unalaska Mulls Sales Taxes for Online Purchases
Bristol Bay Times, December 6, 2019 (archived)

North Pole Mayor Explores Online Sales Tax
Daily News Miner, December 2, 2019

Smaller Alaska Cities Form Commission to Collect Sales Tax from Online Retailers
Anchorage Daily News, November 26, 2019

City of Nome Plans to Join State Sales Tax Commission
KNOM FM, November 25, 2019

Alaska Communities Establish New Plan to Collect Sales Tax from Online Vendors
Alaska Public Media, November 22, 2019

Leveling the Playing Field Between Local and Online Sellers when it Comes to Sales Tax
City and Borough of Juneau, November 20, 2019

Cities Back Online Sales Tax Initiative
Homer News, November 20, 2019

Alaska Could Soon Put Taxes on Online Sales
Juneau Empire, November 7, 2019 (requires subscription to access)

Alaska Creates a Statewide Online Sales Tax Collection Commission
Don’t Mess with Taxes, October 21, 2019

Mat-Su Considers Sales Tax for Third Time in a Decade Amid Alaska’s Fiscal ‘Uncertainty’
Anchorage Daily News, August 7, 2019 (requires subscription to access)

Questions Remain as Amazon Charges Online Sales Tax in Nome
KTOO, August 5, 2019

Notice a Sales Tax Charge on Your Amazon Receipt? Here’s Why. 
KUCB FM, April 12, 2019

Amazon’s Collecting Sales Tax Now, Will Alaska Cities See That Money?
KSTK FM, April 5, 2019

Online Sales Tax Discussed During Latest Palmer City Council Meeting
Frontiersman, February 14, 2019

Amazon Starts Collecting Sales Tax from Alaska Residents
CityNews, January 30, 2019

City Council Considers Exploring How to Collect Online Sales Tax
KUCB FM, January 22, 2019

Alaska Localities Exploring Remote Sales Tax Options
Law 360, October 30, 2018 (requires subscription to access)

Municipalities May Try to Collect Online Sales Tax Revenue
Alaska Journal of Commerce, July 24, 2018 (archived)