TechAmerica objected to a proposed Massachusetts tax on...
TechAmerica objected to a proposed Massachusetts tax on computer and software services in a transportation finance bill. “If enacted, the new 6.25 percent tax on computer services would strike a blow to Massachusetts’s technology industry, and would put the state…
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at a competitive disadvantage,” wrote Kevin Callahan, director-state government affairs, in a Wednesday letter to the Legislature (http://bit.ly/1dFnwpS). “The proposed tax on computer system design services would have a far greater impact than the $160 million in annual revenues from businesses that has been projected. One analysis conducted by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation places that figure at closer to $500 million.”