Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Ashley Kilcher, the co-owner of Dakota County fashion boutique Roe Wolfe, said the proposed sales tax on items of clothing worth more than $100 would damage small businesses.
Gov. Dayton released more specifics last week about how his sales tax plan would affect individual businesses and services. One the proposed changes to the tax code would be the introduction of a sales tax for clothing items and apparel costing more than $100. Ashley Kilcher, co-owner of the Dakota County fashion boutique Roe Wolfe, said $100 for a luxury item is not a particularly high price point. "The sales tax increase would negatively impact small businesses, American-made clothing brands and Minnesota tourism," she said. "American made clothing and brands are typically more expensive just because labor costs are more expensive here, so it will affect the brands people are buying." She said tax-ree shopping was a large draw for …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
More than 100 reader comments have been made since governor's plan unveiled last week.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog When Gov. Mark Dayton last week unveiled a proposed state budget and tax plan that would, among other things, lower Minnesota's sales tax from 6.875 percent to 5.5 percent, the plan sparked a vigorous debate among Patch readers. Patch has had more than 100 reader comments on our story that asked people to take our poll, then share their thoughts on Dayton's tax and budget plan. Here's a sampling of some of the comments: George P. Burdell: A simplistic response to this comment would then be; Democrats want to clean out our wallets and institute socialisim... which really worked well for the USSR...hmmm. Brad Koehn:_I'll be curious to see if Minnesotans spend …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Take our poll and tell us what you think of the governor's proposals.
Gov. Mark Dayton on Tuesday unveiled a proposed state budget and tax plan that would, among other things, lower Minnesota's sales tax from 6.875 percent to 5.5 percent but broaden it to cover more items such as higher-priced clothing, car repairs and other services. In his quest to avoid a projected $1.1 billion revenue shortfall, Dayton said his plan also includes raising the income on some groups of taxpayers (such as the state's 2 percent of hignest-income earners). He is proposing to reduce property taxes and cut the corporate tax rate on businesses. (To see a Patch story and UpTake video of Dayton's speech, click on this link.) Bottom line: The governor said he wants to provide property tax relief, boost funding for K-12 education, …
Gov. Mark Dayton's $38 billion proposal would expand sales taxes on certain items and services and boost education funding.
Like us on Facebook | Get our newsletter | Follow us on Twitter | Start a blog Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton's $38 billion budget plan drew a mixed response from Dakota County legislators this week, with Republicans decrying proposed tax and spending increases, while Democrats lauded Dayton's focus on school funding. Released Tuesday, the two-year budget plan raises roughly $2.1 billion in revenue by implementing sales taxes on haircuts, car repairs and high-end clothing sales, among other specific products and services. An income tax hike for married filers making more than $250,000 of taxable income annually and single filers earning more than $150,000 is also included in the proposal, as is a tax hike on cigarettes. But corporate taxes …
ABSG
9:41 am on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Sounds to me like Dayton got his play book from Obama. Rob Peter To Pay Paul - Tax The Rich because they hold the Golden Key apparently and tax anything with a heartbeat. Getting taxed from the Fed Govt and now the State Gov ... where and when does it end folks ????? We are at that stage where people need to stop being sheep and wake up and say enough is enough with the taxing!! We need to stop … more ›