New Hampshire Fights Back Against Massachusetts Sales Tax Plan Part 3 (The Border War is Over)
Massachusetts has a tax that is called a “use tax.”
Massachusetts has a sales tax and this sales tax drives residents who live on the New Hampshire border into New Hampshire to buy high priced items, the state of Massachusetts still wants to collect the tax that they feel it is owed. The “use tax” requires Massachusetts residents to claim on their income taxes items bought in New Hampshire that are used in Massachusetts so that the residents can pay sales tax even though the items were bought in New Hampshire.
Needless to say, this is an unenforceable law so Massachusetts has decided to do the next best thing. Massachusetts is harassing New Hampshire business owners and trying to force them into an audit to see if the stores owe Massachusetts any money for items that Massachusetts residents bought. Because Massachusetts can’t collect the money from her residents she is trying to screw over New Hampshire businesses.
This does not sit well with New Hampshire Governor John Lynch, who has been fighting this harassment tooth and nail.
And the New Hampshire Attorney General had this to say:
New Hampshire businesses will not become agents of Massachusetts tax authorities
Today the border war may be coming to a close soon as Senate Bill 5 passed with a unanimous vote that would stop any state with a sales tax from requiring New Hampshire businesses to report sales that were made to out of staters to that persons home state. This bill has the support of the governor and it will be signed on the near future.
Massachusetts will have to enforce their own tax laws, New Hampshire is not going to do it for them.
America's Watchtower 
GOOD!!
From a person who crosses over to NH from MA to buy just about everything.
The ONLY agency that would benefit from this is the Commonwealth. It’s pretty sad that they feel the need to try and bully a neighboring state rather than cut back on wasteful programs and government spending.
I’m very happy to say that my plans to leave the great state of Taxachusetts are underway!
Great to see NH sticking to it’s guns! Live FREE, or DIE.
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Governor Patrick has looked and looked, he just can’t find any wasteful spending. 🙂
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We got to LOVE New Hampshire, where even the Democrats use their heads for something other than a place to keep their hats, well, at least sometimes they do. So Mass. joins Maine in coming up with a “use tax.” Maine has had it for YEARS. I suppose they might get a few bucks out of it, maybe even enough to pay the costs of collecting it. HA!
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Way to go New Hampshire! It’s about time some one pimp slapped Massachusetts!
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The governor has finally done something that I agree with. I knew if I waited long enough I would find something.
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Kudos to the New Hampshire governor.
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Agree
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I live in worcester,ma my folks live in portsmouth,nh. I cant wait to move out of taxachusetts. This state is a$$ backwards working people are hurting bad now an the house is working on raising the taxes MORE. At my job i worked fulltime 1 yr later im down to 34 hrs a week an $8.50 dont cut it. I plan on driving 1 hr to nh to get food in bulk , beer , supply’s. An reg my truck in nh … Fight the tax hikes an masshole gov.
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