Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb today announced that Toskr, Inc. (doing business as GetThru), a peer-to-peer text messaging vendor that works with political and nonprofit clients, will pay $1 million to resolve allegations that the company failed to collect and pay DC sales tax for a decade. Under the terms of the settlement with the Office of the Attorney General (OAG), GetThru will also be required to collect and pay sales taxes on data processing services it sells to clients in the District.

“Companies that do business in the District by making sales to our residents, visitors, businesses, and nonprofits have a legal obligation to collect and pay sales taxes — revenues which fund essential public services. We won’t allow businesses to freeload, or gain an unfair advantage over their law-abiding competitors, by avoiding taxes.” – AG Schwalb