KEY VOTES: More Tax Bills In Frankfort
We fought the first tax hike, and have warned about the coming gas tax hike. Here are some other tax and fee proposals moving through the General Assembly
HB 53 - Titling All-Terrain Vehicles
HB 53 simply creates a new requirement that all ATVs be titled so the state can collect the titling fee. Just part of the old "If it moves, tax it" mentality, here sponsored by representatives Edmonds (D-Breathitt, '08 rank #89), Nesler (D-Graves, #75) and Rader (R-Jackson, #20)
HB 293 - Fire Marshall Tax
HB 293 creates a new $100 minimum fee for inspections by the Fire Marshal, and seems to suggest that it requires yearly inspections on just about any structure.
HB 379 - Manufactured Home Inspection Fees
HB 379 sets forth in law a new $150 fee for manufactured home inspection, allows the fee to be increased 10% each year, and the fees go to fund the inspecting agency. Sounds like a money-maker to us, and representatives Miller (D-Jefferson #56), Bell (D-Barren, #62), Clark (D-Jefferson, #62), Hoffman (D-Scott, #99), Keene (D-Campbell, #40), Richards (D-Warren, #78), Stevens (D-Anderson, new) and Upchurch (R-Wayne, #12).
HB 347 - New Sales Tax on Information Technology Services
HB 347 would extend the sales tax to seemingly any service that is provided over the internet, including things like graphic design, web-based seminars, downloading newspaper archives, internet banking? You name it, it's taxed by this vague bill from representatives Harry Moberly (D-Madison, #92) and Steve Riggs (D-Jefferson, #43).
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