Posted on 02/28/2011 11:42:57 AM PST by raybbr
HARTFORD (AP) — Devotees of coupons and discounts are angry at Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposal to slap a new sales tax on the original price of a good or service rather than the discounted price.
Ending the sales tax exemptions for coupons, discounts and automobile trade-ins are among tax exemptions Malloy has proposed ending to help close the state's projected $3.5 billion deficit. For example, the tax would be imposed on the $30 price of a blouse, not the $15 sales price.
Gina Juliano learned firsthand after she lost her job in 2009 as a vice principal in the Hartford Public Schools that coupons and sales can help a family make ends meet. She cut her budget for food, toiletries, pet supplies and paper goods from between $200 and $300 a week to $50. [Sample Our Free Connecticut Business Midday Newsletter]
"I turned to coupons because I would have had to lose my house and everything. I wouldn't have been able to survive," said Juliano, who now writes a blog in Connecticut called Gina's Kokopelli that tracks coupons, sales and bargains for other shoppers.
Like many avid couponers, Juliano pays little or nothing for items after matching coupons with sales. For example, she recently used a $3 coupon to buy a bottle of Gain fabric softener that was on sale for $2.99 at Rite Aid.
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Isn’t it funny how when Republican took over the House, discussion of the VAT basically disappeared. Prior to this, the media had been conditioning us to see a VAT, in addition to the income tax increases, as inevitable.
True enough. That was the end of that trial balloon.
That is the smart way to do it. Things go on sale in cycles.
Um, yeah — didn’t Connecticut just elect this fellow? A Democrat? A Democrat who pledged to do just what he’s doing? Hard to feel sorry for them if that’s the case.... Of course, my short term memory is a little shaky these days — forgive me if I’m wrong...
How are the sales tax rates in Westchester County, Mass and RI? Don’t those states tax the heck out of their citizens too? (I live in SC)
How are the sales tax rates in Westchester County, Mass and RI? Don’t those states tax the heck out of their citizens too? (I live in SC)
How are the sales tax rates in Westchester County, Mass and RI? Don’t those states tax the heck out of their citizens too? (I live in SC)
The price on sale or the coupon price is a “market price”..willing seller and buyer.
Who knows if the buyer would have bought the product at the non-coupon price to begin with.
The “price” of anything is the amount it actuall sells for. Everything else is just speculation.
it only took a little over two decades from Lowell Weicker imposing the state’s first ever Income Tax to bring them to this
Both the pre-coupon price and suggested retail price are bogus standards for taxation. I don’t really see how one is different than the other for this argument.
So, how hard is it to drive to the next door state and purchase a large ticket item?
Keep voting for democrats you insufferable morons...
“I don’t know how to hide it.”
Is that a classic or what? He just doesn’t know how to hide taxes anymore!
Is that a class in liberal public policy and politics courses at universities? Hiding Taxes 101- How to hide taxes and fool the people with the aid of media sycophants and skilled spin doctors?
NY, MA and RI have high sales taxes.
But CT Gov Malloy intends to change the basis of the tax.
A $30 shirt on sale for $15 would be taxed on 6.5% of the $30 if bought in CT. In MA, it would be 8%(?) on the $15. That works out to 60% more tax in CT than in MA.
Last one out of Connecticut, turn out the lights. Every day I hear more and more people say they're leaving CT "as soon as possible".
If the citizens don’t storm the capital of their state over this, they deserve to pay those taxes..
sigh...why use a coupon if they are to be taxed as well. The stupidity of liberal leaders.
“If they have money in the bank, they obviously have more than they need, and it needs to be redistributed to people who spend every penny they get their hands on.”
AKA the political hacks that are elected and think our money is really their money ;-)
What a novel idea. A sales tax on money not spent. On money you would have spent if you bought at the list price. If they don’t get enough tax money this way, why then, they will apply sales tax to stuff you should have bought. For example, if the state determines that a TV should last 4 years and you don’t buy a TV every four years, why just make you pay sales tax on the TV you should have bought. I love democraps.
Hence my tagline.
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