Skip to Main Content
The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University

The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

The Daily Free Press

alcohol tax

Legislation seeks higher alcohol taxes in Massachusetts to cover the cost of drinking

Sujena Soumyanath February 20, 2023
State legislators have pushed to raise taxes on alcohol in a legislative briefing on Feb. 9, backed by a December report that drinking caused almost 5% of all deaths in Massachusetts from 2015 to 2019.
Yvonne Tang

Dear Men: Female products cost more, and it doesn’t make sense

Yvonne Tang September 14, 2020
The “pink tax” is a subtle form of gender discrimination, with little to no economic reasoning. The shockingly slow legislation relief for this unfair pricing places a significant burden on women.

Liquor tax proposed by City Council to fund substance abuse recovery programs

Daily Free Press Admin February 5, 2014

  In hopes of changing the longstanding exemption of alcohol tax in Massachusetts, a 6.25 percent liquor tax on un-opened containers for off-premise consumption was proposed by City Council President...

Sales tax takes effect for Mass. Amazon shoppers

Daily Free Press Admin November 4, 2013

As the holiday shopping season nears, many online shoppers in Massachusetts may notice more expensive price tags on Amazon.com. The website began collecting sales tax on Friday due to an agreement made...

EDIT: A new online sales tax?

Daily Free Press Admin April 24, 2013

So remember when you could buy things online from Delaware and not pay a sales tax? Well, that luxury may be coming to an end. The Marketplace Fairness Act, backed by Amazon.com, won by a landslide when...

Government officials demand sales tax for items bought online

Daily Free Press Admin November 27, 2012

Coinciding with many online holiday sales, state and national officials are pushing for a uniform sales tax applied to online retailers to ensure equity with Main Street businesses. “All I am saying...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
sales tax