- Western states are diverse but show similar trends in sales tax policies
- Recent changes reflect national shifts in economic nexus rules and digital taxability
- Economic nexus reforms are influenced by the Wayfair decision of 2018
- Washington, California, and Wyoming removed transaction count thresholds
- Wyoming now requires tax collection only if sales exceed $100,000
- Alaska and Utah also eliminated the 200-transaction threshold
- Alaska relies on a $100,000 sales threshold despite having no state-level tax
- Idaho did not include a transaction threshold in its nexus legislation
- Hawaii remains the only Western state using transaction count criteria
- Idaho introduced an exemption for small local sellers with limited activity
Source: salestaxinstitute.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.
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