MS House Bill 916 of the 2025 Regular Legislative Session requires every manufacturer whose cigarettes are sold in Mississippi to complete a product certification form for these products. The Mississippi Cigarette Directory shall be published and available on the Mississippi Department of Revenue’s website at www.dor.ms.gov on October 1, 2025. Monthly updates shall be made available in the same manner.
The Sales Tax Holiday, often referred to as Tax Free Weekend, will start 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 11, 2025, and go through midnight Sunday, July 13, 2025. This means that sales tax is not due on eligible clothing, footwear or school supplies if the sales price of a single item is less than $100.
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Senate Bill 2805, passed during the 2025 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature, clarifies the definition of the term “hotel” to include entities facilitating, arranging or brokering transient guest transactions including third-party entities that facilitate rentals of hotel accommodations.
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The Mississippi Department of Revenue (MDOR) is notifying retail businesses of the upcoming reduced sales tax rate on groceries so they can adjust their systems appropriately. Beginning July 1, the sales tax due on groceries will decrease from 7% to 5%.
“The decrease is part of House Bill 1 that passed during this year’s Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature,” said MDOR Commissioner Chris Graham. “We are excited to be able to administer this reduction to help provide relief on the cost of groceries to Mississippi families.”
CLINTON, Miss. (April 7, 2025) – The Mississippi Department of Revenue (MDOR), its Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) division, and the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (MDMH) are joining together in April to provide information and resources for Alcohol Awareness Month.
1099 information returns are tax documents that are prepared by businesses, financial institutions and other payers and sent to the IRS to report payments paid to non-employees and other businesses during a tax year. 1099s that are submitted to the IRS are also required to be filed with the Mississippi Department of Revenue. Recipients of these tax documents are to report this information on their state income tax returns.
The Department of Revenue (DOR) will go live with a new motor vehicle services E-Lien program on January 1. By using this new electronic program, the Department of Revenue will improve customer service by reducing processing time and will continue moving the agency toward a more paperless way of doing business.
The Department of Revenue will require all Withholding taxpayers filing Wage or Withholding Informational Returns with 10 or more W-2s or 1099s to file electronically for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2024 and all subsequent tax years.
In the interest of public health and safety, and in full cooperation with the Mississippi Medical Cannabis Program at the Mississippi State Department of Health, Kelly’s Green, LLC has initiated a voluntary recall of the products listed in the PDF below. If you have any further questions or need additional information, please contact the MS Dept. of Health at 601-206-1540 or go to https://www.mmcp.ms.gov/.
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