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Iowa Department of Revenue urges retailers to use GovConnectIowa for sales, fuel and tobacco tax filings

5914253 · October 8, 2025
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Summary

In a webinar hosted by IASource Link, the Iowa Department of Revenue stressed that retailers who sell motor fuel, cigarettes, tobacco, nicotine and vapor products must register for permits and file taxes through GovConnectIowa and follow specific sales, use and local-option tax rules.

Megan Peasley, Iowa SourceLink program coordinator at the University of Northern Iowa's John Pappajohn Entrepreneurial Center, opened a webinar in which Matt Bishop, Policy Director for Sales and Excise Taxes at the Iowa Department of Revenue, outlined registration and filing requirements for retailers that sell motor fuel, cigarettes, tobacco, nicotine and vapor products.

Bishop said retailers should create a GovConnectIowa account, register required permits and file…

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