[CLUE-Talk] Colorado: Software tax raises ire

[Sean LeBlanc]

On 04-22 16:52, Timothy C. Klein wrote:
> Ok, Kevin (and others), explain to me why this is automatically bad.
> Other than the knee-jerk reaction that any new tax is bad.  

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That's enough of a reason for me. :) Why more tax? I already have over half
of my money stolen in one way or another via taxes, so why roll over for
even more of it? How is that, in a recession, the government can decide that
they need a raise?

> * Kevin Cullis (kevincu at orci.com) wrote:
> > Fight this folks.
> > 
> > Kevin
> > 
> > "An updated tax regulation would impose Colorado state sales tax of 2.93
> > percent on custom software developed by IT service providers. The
> > regulation, scheduled to go into effect May 20, would affect service
> > providers and companies that build custom software or tailor popular
> > software packages to their own use."
> > 
> > http://www.frtechbiz.com/displayarticledetail.asp?art_ID=56657

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