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10% Tax On Custom Software, $100M Tax Cut For Microsoft
reifman writes "Last week, the Washington State House of Representatives passed a bill which would impose a 10% tax on custom software while all but eliminating a $100 million yearly tax obligation that some say Microsoft is wrongfully avoiding by routing large chunks of business through an office in Nevada. 'I believe we've got an issue of justice and fairness here,' said Rep. Maralyn Chase. 'Most of the custom software purveyors are small businesses. It's a question for me of how we fairly distribute the tax burden.' 'It means that a 5 person team of entrepreneurs building a cool custom software suite, or a group of system integrators, would face a 10% tax on their services while keeping the exact same project in-house would not be taxed,' wrote Rep. Reuven Carlyle. 'It would be a massive blow to the entrepreneurial community in our state.' The bill won't become law until the House and Senate work out how best to raise another $300 million in taxes. A sales tax increase on consumers is also being considered."
It's a sales tax, sizzle chest.
I wonder what the state congressmen (or whatever they are called up there) got in return for this sweet deal... Money? Drugs? Sex? Free Computers?
Windows Vista removed.
Maybe this is why a large part of the American population hate taxes (But love to complain about them)- Because their government screws up every time they make a new one.
I wonder what the state congressmen (or whatever they are called up there) got in return for this sweet deal... Money? Drugs? Sex? Free Computers?
They were promised unlimited free porn for life, and eagerly agreed. Then MS sent them a download link for Internet Explorer.
The enemies of Democracy are
I feel so much better. They already had a law to force me to bend over with or without lube applied. But they deferred it. So they only removed the deferral they didn't make a *new* decision to rape me. What a relief!