Thursday, April 2, 2009

Minnesota Consider Sales Tax on Unboxed Items

"Unboxed" does not refer to purchases of bulk organic oats and the like. Unboxed is music and video downloads. Today's AAF Government Report notes that a bill has been introduced in the Minnesota Legislature to tax "specified digital products." Specified digital products is defined to include digital music and videos, ringtones, e-books and electronic greeting cards.

Relevant to the advertising community -- The bill also includes digital artwork and periodicals as specified digital products.