“Why are you so quiet?” I’m never accused of being quiet. But this time, I have been quiet and I guess a bit of an explanation is in order. What everyone is talking about – and I have not been talking about – over the past couple of weeks is the so-called Marketplace Fairness Act,…
Like you didn’t see this coming… Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), together with Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY), will, if all goes according to plan, announce intentions to impose a sales tax on internet sales. The bill, referred to as the Main Street Fairness Act in the Senate, is a companion piece to legislation bearing the same…
As small businesses collectively hold their breath this summer over the inane Congressional proposal to tax some – but not all – s corporations differently, Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) is offering some hope. Together with Mike Enzi (R-WY), she is filing an amendment to strike the provision from the bill altogether. Calling the tax a…