LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – Nebraska officials hope people will keep track of their own online purchases and pay taxes on them when they file their tax returns.
State Tax Commissioner Doug Ewald says Nebraskans are required to pay sales or use taxes on all their purchases even when retailers don’t collect it, and many online stores don’t.
Ewald says Nebraskans should keep track of their online purchases and report them on their income tax return. At that point, residents can pay the tax that’s due on those items.
The state tax rate Nebraskans are obligated to pay is the same as the sales tax rate the retailer would have collected.