4 new taxes and laws went into effect in Minnesota today
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[quote]ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) -
Several new state laws and taxes take effect July 1 in Minnesota. Here's what you should know.
CIGARETTE TAX: Minnesota's new $1.60 per pack cigarette tax increase went into effect Monday. The tax hike bumps the total taxes on a pack of cigarettes to $2.83.
ONLINE SALES TAX: Online retailers like Amazon, eBay and iTunes must now collect state sales tax on internet purchases, including music and video downloads.
TOP TIER TAX: The wealthiest two percent of Minnesotans will pay 2 percent more on some of their income. The new, top-tier tax affects the estimated 54,400 taxpayers who earn more than $250,000 annually as joint filers or $150,000 as a single filer.
ALCOHOL: Fee-based liquor tastings are now legal at licensed charitable, club or religious organization events. Previous tastings were limited to wine only.
Two other significant law changes are just around the corner, taking effect Aug. 1.
MARRIAGE EQUALITY: Starting Aug. 1, same-sex marriages will be legal in Minnesota. Marriage license applications were changed to read "first applicant" and "second applicant" instead of "bride" and "groom."
911 CALLS: Starting Aug. 1, fake 911 calls will carry stiffer penalties, up to felony charges if someone is seriously hurt while responding to a false emergency.
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ONLINE SALES TAX: Online retailers like Amazon, eBay and iTunes must now collect state sales tax on internet purchases, including music and video downloads.
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[quote]ONLINE SALES TAX: Online retailers like Amazon, eBay and iTunes must now collect state sales tax on internet purchases, including music and video downloads.[/quote]
Just the closing of a loop hole, after all. Party's over.
[quote]TOP TIER TAX: The [B]wealthiest [/B]two percent of Minnesotans will pay [B]2 percent[/B] more on [B]some [/B]of their income.[/quote]
lol
[quote]MARRIAGE EQUALITY: Starting Aug. 1, same-sex marriages will be legal in Minnesota. Marriage license applications were changed to read "first applicant" and "second applicant" instead of "bride" and "groom."[/quote]
Something to do with the recent SCOTUS decision?
[QUOTE=Bletotum;41273676]Just the closing of a loop hole, after all. Party's over.
lol
Something to do with the recent SCOTUS decision?[/QUOTE]
Minnesota passed legislation on gay marriage way before the recent SCOTUS decision
[QUOTE=Zambies!;41273617]ONLINE SALES TAX: Online retailers like Amazon, eBay and iTunes must now collect state sales tax on internet purchases, including music and video downloads.
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Lame.
In my opinion, the government has to earn the right to tax people. We get charged at toll booths to repair the road. We get charged property taxes to pay for firefighters and police to protect our land. This is all very reasonable.
But an internet sales tax? What does the government do to warrant taking a percentage? Seems like an attempt to tax (steal) more money from people.
what the fuck
e-bay
that's like taxing money from the people to the people the fuck do they need to tax it for
it's like if a kid got taxed for mowing a lawn or some shit or buying shit from his friend or neighbor
or taxing a garage sale
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;41275407]In my opinion, the government has to earn the right to tax people. We get charged at toll booths to repair the road. We get charged property taxes to pay for firefighters and police to protect our land. This is all very reasonable.
But an internet sales tax? What does the government do to warrant taking a percentage? Seems like an attempt to tax (steal) more money from people.[/QUOTE]
Goods and services taxes have existed on products for a long time. Australia has had a 10% GST for over a decade and Europe has had their VAT for a while as well. This can be argued to close a loophole where firms that operate online are exempt from such taxes (as they are in Australia for purchases below $1,000, which retailers have made a pretty big deal out of). It should be fair for all firms, so either all firms pay the tax or no firm pays the tax. Even with the tax, firms that do all of their business online still have cost advantages in things like not needing to operate a physical store.
[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;41275407]In my opinion, the government has to earn the right to tax people. We get charged at toll booths to repair the road. We get charged property taxes to pay for firefighters and police to protect our land. This is all very reasonable.
But an internet sales tax? What does the government do to warrant taking a percentage? Seems like an attempt to tax (steal) more money from people.[/QUOTE]
It's not introducing a new tax so much as enforcing it in a marketplace that emerged after the tax already existed.
That is to say, the state sales tax didn't just come into being, but it now applies to goods coming into and going out of the state via the internet. Just as you might by paying UPS to ship something you phoned for.
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[QUOTE=Boba_Fett;41275407]In my opinion, the government has to earn the right to tax people. We get charged at toll booths to repair the road. We get charged property taxes to pay for firefighters and police to protect our land. This is all very reasonable.[/QUOTE]
Also, this principle does not and cannot work for every government expenditure, unless your honest recommendation is that the government only spend money it can match 1:1 immediately with a reasonable* program.
*'Reasonable-ness' to be determined by someone, somewhere.
You guys are lucky how little your cigarettes are taxed
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Something to do with the recent SCOTUS decision?[/QUOTE]
no, not at all, why would you think that?
[QUOTE=Fire Kracker;41275423]what the fuck
e-bay
that's like taxing money from the people to the people the fuck do they need to tax it for
it's like if a kid got taxed for mowing a lawn or some shit or buying shit from his friend or neighbor
or taxing a garage sale[/QUOTE]
They actually do tax garage sales.
Just no one ever reports the fact that they have garage sells.
an internet sales tax is a very good idea
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