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June 8th, 2007

Fix The Tax Code Friday: Tax on Personal Services?

Earlier in the week, I reported that Georgia is considering implementing a tax on personal services, meaning that professions like barber shops, law firms and accountants would impose a tax on their services, which would likely be passed through to the consumer. This tax would replace property taxes in Georgia.
Now, normally, my Fix the […]

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June 6th, 2007

The First Thing We Do, Let’s Tax All of the Lawyers…

Taxes are not popular.
And lawyers are not popular.
So why not throw the two together and create the most despicable combination imaginable: tax on legal services?
That’s what they’re considering these days in Georgia. House Speaker Glenn Richardson, a Republican from Hiram County, is introducing a bill to collect sales taxes on lawyers. Well, […]

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