January 9, 2012

Goodlatte and Scott: Clarity Necessary on Whom States Can Tax

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States are hungry for revenue — sometimes too hungry — and the federal government occasionally has to step in to prevent them from going too far. That’s clearly the case when states levy corporate income taxes on businesses that aren’t even located there.

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Unfair tax hurts small businesses

States are getting desperate for revenue, a fact I know firsthand. They hunt down out-of-state businesses like mine and slap them with massive tax assessments.

My company, Fastsigns, is a 27-year-old graphics and visual communications franchisor based in Carrollton. It’s a small business with 109 employees. So when a state unexpectedly sends us a tax bill for thousands of dollars — a state in which we don’t have any employees, offices or even a stick of inventory — it’s a very big deal and an expensive problem. Read more…
Washington State tax shakedown

As president of a national food company, I thought I had seen it all. Until, that is, the state of Washington decided to send me a $180,000 tax bill for simply visiting the the state. I understand that states are starved for revenue these days, but Washington has gone too far. Based on one visit over a seven-year period, it decided that my company, Sage V Foods, should be required to pay business and occupation taxes. Washington made that determination even though Sage V Foods has no employees, no property, no sales offices and no inventory in the state – nothing. Read more…

Goodlatte and Scott: Clarity Necessary on Whom States Can Tax

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