- Rusty Bowers Signs the Taxpayer Protection Pledge for AZ-01 Race
- Ask Your Virginia Legislator to Vote "NO" on Any Budget Containing Higher Taxes
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Competitive Act of 2010" - Stimulus Dollars Are Taking You for A Ride - On Greyhound Buses (CFA Site »)
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- ATR and CFA Support Earmark Moratorium
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- ATR Staffer Testifies Before U.S. House Energy & Commerce Select Committee
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
- The endemic rot in government run health care
- Senate Unanimously Passes Coburn PAYGO Transparency Amendment (CFA Site »)
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla: Why Andy Stern Stands Out
- The Left Agree: Obamacare Ushers In Their Radical Ideological Agenda
- We Ought Focus On Cutting Taxes & Spending, Not Deficits
- The Debt Panel's 800-lb. Gorilla (AWF Site »)
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Does the Obamacare Investment Surtax
Apply to Capital Gains? - ATR Urges Opposition to Sen. Isakson Pension Bailout
- Taxpayers to Legislators: Clean Virginia Budget of Taxes
- ATR Supports the Georgia JOBS Act
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
- ATR Urges Utah Governor Herbert to Veto Tax Increase
- More on the VAT
- Public Sector Jobs
- How 550,000 jobs were destroyed by the minimum wage hike
- How Obamacare Will Hurt Poor Women & Children Most
- Federal Workers Make $11,000 More Than Private Sector Workers, and There’s More of Them (AWF Site »)
- Really?!? If This is Transparency, Beware of Opacity (CFA Site »)
Monday, March 8, 2010
- Legislation Introduced to Put Ronald Reagan on the $50 Bill
- Pledge Signer Wins Illinois Republican Gubernatorial Primary
- "Net Neutrality" To Kill Jobs
- NY Supreme Court Votes to Evict Residents and Close Businesses (PRA Site »)
- California US Senate Candidates Square Off in First Debate
Friday, March 5, 2010
- ATR and CFA Support the Spending Limit Amendment
- Utah Representative Breaks Tax Pledge
- AWF Will Rate Vote on House Jobs Bill (AWF Site »)
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Use it or Lose it Tax
Thursday, March 4, 2010
- The reliability of spending "estimates"
- Utah State Senator Tries to Sweeten Tax Hike with Pork
- Obama Administration Makes Attempt to Seize Millions of Acres Across America (PRA Site »)
- More "Stimulus" Boondoggles - Social Engineering and Lobbying for Higher Taxes
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Raises Taxes on Tertiary Injectants
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
- Is This Reality or a Science Fiction Dystopia?
- Andy Stern Update: US Attorney Reviewing Case & Obama Appoints Stern to Debt Panel
- Texans: Do You Know Which Candidates Have Signed the Taxpayer Protection Pledge?
- AWF Asks White House to Take Position on Andy Stern Investigation After Appointment to Debt Panel (AWF Site »)
- AWF Continues Andy Stern Investigation (AWF Site »)
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
- Energy Tax Hike Series: Superfund Tax Reinstated
Monday, March 1, 2010
- Rick Berg First Pledge Signer in North Dakota Congressional Race
- Give a Hoot, Don’t Pollute . . .the Economy with Taxes or Unnecessary Spending
- Raise Taxes or Raise Taxes? Washington’s Solution to $2.8 Billion Budget Deficit
- Andy Stern Appointed to Debt Panel While Under Criminal Review for Lobbying Activities
- Andy Stern Appointed to Debt Panel While Under Criminal Review for Lobbying Activities (AWF Site »)
- Energy Tax Hike Series: IRS Sec. 199 Repeal
Friday, February 26, 2010
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Pwned!
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Colorado Legislature Kicks Off 2010 with an eTax
From Kelly William Cobb on Thursday, January 28, 2010 10:32 AM
Originally posted at www.StopETaxes.com.
Here we go again! Colorado has officially became the first state this year push a bill to collect taxes on all internet purchases. Yesterday, the House Finance Committee considered "affiliate nexus tax" legislation in a hearing amongst a number of other tax proposals. The measure would require out-of-state online retailers with no physical presence in the state to collect taxes on Colorado residents.
While the bill is a tax increase on consumers and a significant burden on online businesses (and interstate commerce), it also will likely fail to raise revenue. Last year, when the bill passed in Rhode Island, the tax was estimated to raise no additional tax revenue and this has been confirmed by the Department of Revenue. In fact, there was even a bill introduced in Rhode Island this year (House Bill 7071) that would repeal the tax.
Unlike other nexus tax bills, however, Colorado's House Bill 1193 goes one disturbing step further to allow the Department of Revenue to issue subpoenas to any out-of-state business that would require them to provide personal information about their Colorado customers. Who doesn't love sharing their personal information including possibly credit card numbers and purchase details with the government? Presumably, it would allow the state to come after residents to collect "use tax" on the products. Even worse, if a business doesn't provide the information and chooses to protect the proprietary information of their customers, they can be held in contempt. It also would apply regardless of the fact that the same internet tax bill is currently being challenged as unconstitutional in New York.
Similar bills have also been introduced in New Mexico, Virginia, and Mississippi this year. No matter where you live, click here to write your state legislature now and oppose taxes on internet commerce.
Also, click here for a copy of ATR's letter to the Colorado House Finance Committee opposing the eTax.
For more information, visit www.StopETaxes.com or follow us on Twitter (@eTaxes) and Facebook.
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Comments
Our local, state and federal governments are doing all they can to make it increasingly more difficult for small and medium sized businesses to grow and create new jobs. Well-intentioned? Yes! but evidences show they are horrible politicians who can't see beyond their noses or those of special interests and friends. Citizens, we need to return to the constitution and find men and women of integrity who speak the truth and follow through. Sure it's tough but they are out there. Reward them with bonuses or pay increases when they perform well and remove them from office when they don't. Colorado and all of America is worth saving. It's hard work but didn't our parents and grandparents do that for us? Let's do it now!
>> I W Pulley Saturday, February 20, 2010 1:40 PM