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He doesn't quit thinking about ways to grow "brick and morter" jobs according to this report in the Herald business section. The Retailers are doing a good job branding this as Main St Fairness...
Nov 18, 2011
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California recently passed a law that Massachusetts retailers want here ... to collect sales tax on Internet sales. It wasn't popular with the Internet retailers, as you can imagine, and Amazon...
Sep 8, 2011
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The Joint Committee on Revenue is taking the plunge and has reported out of committee the bill calling for the 6.25% sales tax to be collected by the state on phone, online and mail vendors. ...
Aug 22, 2011
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More evidence from local store owners that the sales tax holiday doesn't have a big impact in the sales they make annually:
Although sales spike considerably during the two days consumers...
Aug 4, 2011
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Although the Governor acknowledged that the two-day sales tax holiday is not a fiscally prudent policy for MA, he signed the bill because it is popular. Wouldn't you think someone not running...
Aug 1, 2011
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UPDATE: On July 27th the House passed the bill implementing a Sale Tax Holiday in mid-August. [House Roll Call]
On July 28th the Senate voted on the Sales Tax Holiday. [Senate Roll Call]
Last...
Jul 25, 2011
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Sales tax holidays - political gimmicks that divert attention from the real revenue issues that need to be addressed - may be popular, but it takes courageous leadership to steer the economic...
Jul 25, 2011
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Our own Judy Meredith comments about the Sales Tax Holiday discussion today:
Lawmakers are considering another sales tax holiday that would suspend the state's 6.25 percent sales tax on just...
Jul 25, 2011
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With new, updated systems in place, there is the potential for additional revenues that could help cities and towns restore sorely needed services and programs.
The current boat tax system "penalizes...
Jul 24, 2011
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The Massachusetts Senate has rejected proposals to cut both the state sales and income tax rates. The sales tax amendment would have cut the rate from 6.25 percent to 5 percent. A second amendment...
May 25, 2011
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A coalition of hotel-casinos and small businesses is launching a $50,000 advertising campaign to build support for a change in tax laws so Amazon.com and dozens of other e-commerce companies would...
May 9, 2011
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Local booksellers would like this... We'd all like it... The revenue would help to close the budget deficit...
Pen pols Gov. Deval Patrick and U.S. Sen. Scott Brown may be raising their national...
Apr 15, 2011
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Local retailers are heading to Beacon Hill tomorrow as part of a new fight to force e-commerce sites like Amazon, Overstock, and Zappos to collect sales tax from local residents. The Retailers...
Apr 6, 2011
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This report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities outlines the economic and financial challenges of the US and how the states have dealt with these fiscal realities and consequences.
Cuts...
Feb 9, 2011
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Voices are building to protect the Massachusetts Sales Tax - and the $2.34 Billion that it brings to fund our budget priorities.
Political leaders are planning a major effort to defeat a ballot...
Mar 29, 2010
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By Diana L. DiGiorgi
Easton - As part of the 2010 budget debate, the state legislature and the governor agreed to raise the sales tax. As of Aug. 1, 2009, the sales and meals tax in Massachusetts...
Sep 11, 2009
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The state Senate voted last night to increase the sales tax, lift the sales tax exemption on alcohol, and allow cities and towns to raise meals and hotel taxes, brushing aside criticism that higher...
May 20, 2009
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Charles Krupa AP Motorists, many with Massachusetts license plates, drive along the dense retail strip of the Daniel Webster Highway in Nashua, N.H., on Tuesday. A sales tax case Massachusetts is...
Feb 4, 2009
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Massachusetts moves forward on case over sales taxes on tires sold to Massachusetts residents in New Hampshire
Massachusetts has ordered a tire chain to charge Bay State residents a 5 percent sales...
Feb 3, 2009
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State sales tax is one of a number of revenue and budget cut options that may be used to close the state's budget deficit.
Members of a panel charged with recommending financing ideas for Governor...
Dec 23, 2008
