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Sales Tax Update - February 2026

by Michael T. Dillon, Esq., Dillon Tax Consulting LLC
2/18/2026

Effective January 1, 2026, a remote retailer or marketplace facilitator is required to register for Illinois sales tax (i.e., State and local Retailers' Occupation Tax (ROT)) if the retailer or facilitator makes $100,000 or more in cumulative gross receipts from sales of TPP to purchasers in Illinois during a 4 calendar quarter lookback period.  Prior to this change, Illinois alternatively considered economic nexus to exist if the seller made 200 or more separate transactions for the sale of TPP to purchasers in Illinois.

With the passage of Public Act 104-0006, Illinois follows the trend of states that have ...

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State Efforts to Define “Cloud Computing” Spell Opportunity for Taxpayers

Dillon Tax Consulting
11/27/2013

A recent Massachusetts letter ruling refines its definition of cloud computing, a rapidly evolving computer medium that includes, among other things, the Internet provision of Software As a Service (SAaS), Infrastructure As a Service (IAaS), and Platforms As a Service (PAaS). SAaS - the most common form of cloud computing – involves the provision of access to ...

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