NEW: Mass. Republican Frustrated Over Sales Tax Rollback Defeat
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Rep. Kevin Kuros.
The amendment was defeated by House Democrats until a study of its economic impacts could be done. It proposed a gradual rollback of the state sales tax to five percent over the course of three years. This would be a drop from the 6.25 percent sales tax currently used in the Commonwealth, with no impact for the upcoming fiscal year.
Rep. Kevin J. Kuros (R-Uxbridge) was disappointed with the amendments defeat, and believes the decision to send the bill to a study was just a tactic to dismiss it altogether.
“It is frustrating that nearly every time we try to save the taxpayers’ money, the bill or amendment gets sent to a ‘study,’” Rep. Kuros said. “And we all know these studies never happen. Yet, in 2009, the legislature saw it perfectly fit to increase the sales tax by 25 percent without a study of the impact on families. Where is the consistency?”
When the Rollback bill was defeated, it was sent to the Executive Office of Administration and Finance and the Department of Revenue for Further Study. Rep. Ryan C. Fattman (R-Sutton) says that this decision will only hurt the taxpayers in Massachusetts that need immediate relief.
“Implementing tax relief policies for working families and businesses is something I’ve been working towards since my 2010 election to the House,” Rep. Fattman said. “Delaying tax relief that families and businesses need right now with fake studies is insulting to all taxpayers. We shouldn’t be waiting or studying rolling back the sales tax. We should roll back the sales tax now. Families and businesses can’t afford to wait!”
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