The New Hampshire/Massachusetts Border War is Over– Massachusetts Lost

  Massachusetts has been hassling a New Hampshire tire business that sold tires to Massachusetts residents. Massachusetts has a “use tax,” this tax requires residents to report all items bought in other states on their tax returns in order to collect the sales tax that the consumer has avoided. The tax in not enforceable and because of this Massachusetts has been trying to force New Hampshire businesses to collect the sales tax for them.

  This did not sit well with the New Hampshire governor or the Attorney General, who claimed that “New Hampshire businesses will not become agents of Massachusetts tax authorities.” And now it is official– the border war is over and Massachusetts lost. New Hampshire  governor John Lynch has signed a bill into law that stops Massachusetts from trying to collect taxes from New Hampshire businesses.

  No longer will Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick be able  to try to thwart the constitution and attempt to extend his greedy little fingers into New Hampshire, if the governor wants to collect his “use tax” he must now go after the people who are avoiding the tax, not the businesses in another state. That is not going to happen, the law cannot be enforced.

  Allow me for a minute to climb up on my soapbox, (New Hampshire is turning into Massachusetts so I will use my soapbox while I still can), and ask that all residents of Massachusetts extend a big thank you to New Hampshire for looking out for you. It is obvious that a majority of Massachusetts residents cannot look out for themselves or they wouldn’t keep voting these tax and spend Democrats into office. Today New Hampshire has protected you from yourselves. Feel free to keep coming to New Hampshire and spending your money here, for that I will return the thank you.