- Over 30 states impose sales tax on digital products, not limited to traditional items like eBooks, music, and videos.
- Sales tax treatment of digital property varies by state, requiring taxpayers to understand their obligations.
- Aprio’s SALT team offers advice on digital content taxation.
- Technological advances have shifted consumption from tangible to digital forms, impacting state sales tax revenues.
- States have enacted laws to tax digital goods, with varying definitions and rules.
- North Carolina taxes gross receipts from tangible property, taxable services, and certain digital property.
- Tax applies to digital property access fees, regardless of permanent or continued use rights.
- North Carolina defines digital property as specified digital products and additional digital goods.
- Additional digital goods include electronically transferred magazines, newspapers, and greeting cards.
- Specified digital products include digital audio-visual works, audio works, and books.
Source: aprio.com
Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.
