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US · Colorado·SUT Review

Colorado Sales Tax Explained: State, County, City, Home Rule & Special District Taxes

Colorado sales tax is in practice a five separate systems stacked on top of each other: a flat state rate, a county rate, a city rate (collected two completely different ways depending on the city), a special district rate, and a separate set of rules for what specific goods get taxed at all. This publication draws on the state's own DR 1002 Colorado Sales/Use Tax Rates document for July 2026, and it now covers every table in that publication in full: all 64 counties, all 65 home rule cities, all 170 state-collected cities, all 12 special district types, and all 18 exemption codes.

CA · British Columbia·GST Review

British Columbia Clarifies PST Rules for Advertising Agencies

Bulletin PST 125 (Advertising Agencies) was amended to clarify the application of PST to materials shipped out of British Columbia by the purchaser for business use, together with other minor editorial revisions.

US · Colorado·SUT Review

Colorado Supreme Court to Review Netflix Streaming Sales Tax Case

Colorado's highest court will determine whether Netflix's streaming service constitutes taxable tangible personal property under state sales tax law, following years of litigation.

CA · Manitoba·GST Review

Manitoba Enhances Tax Credits, Removes RST from Additional Grocery Items in 2026 Budget

Manitoba's 2026 provincial budget introduces retail sales tax exemptions on additional groceries from July 1, enhances film tax credits, and increases affordability tax credits for 2027.

Chile·

Chile’s New VAT Regime for International E-Commerce — What Changed and Why It Matters

On 25 October 2025, Chile launched one of the most significant changes to its international e-commerce taxation system in decades. With Resolution No. 142 expanding the regime at the last moment, Chile’s low-value import VAT framework is now broader than originally envisioned and positions the country among the more advanced jurisdictions globally in the taxation of cross-border digital commerce.

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