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Sales Tax Update - July 2026

by Michael T. Dillon, Esq., Dillon Tax Consulting LLC
7/21/2026
  • Newly taxable: Pursuant to SB 122, effective 1/1/27, prewritten software becomes subject to California sales and use tax regardless of whether it is:
    • Delivered on physical media
    • Downloaded electronically
    • Accessed remotely
    • Provided as SaaS
  • Classification: Covered digital products are treated as tangible personal property for sales and use tax purposes.
  • Custom software: Software prepared to the special order of a customer remains exempt, including qualifying custom programs incorporating preexisting components.
  • Other digital goods: The law is principally directed at prewritten software and SaaS. Many consumer digital products, such as streaming media, digital books, music, and similar content, are ...
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Massachusetts Sales Tax on Computer Services

Dillon Tax Consulting
10/16/2013

REPEALED!!

In case you missed the recently effective sales tax in Massachusetts on certain computer services, its over. Effective September 30, 2013, recent legislation, St. 2013, c. 95, retroactively repeals recently effected imposition of the Massachusetts sales and use tax to certain services relating to computer system design and to modification, integration, enhancement, installation, or ...

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