[CLUE-Talk] Colorado: Software tax raises ire

[Jeffery Cann]

On Monday 22 April 2002 04:52 pm, Timothy C. Klein wrote:
> Ok, Kevin (and others), explain to me why this is automatically bad.

Why is it necessary?
What is the rationale, other than what is stated in the article?
What about TABOR?  Does this affect colorado consumers?
What about independant consultants like me?  Doesn't this put an additional 
burden of filing the 'service tax' -- when I currently only have to pay 
income tax?
How much money will be generated?
How will the legislature use the new revenue?
Why not tax all services?  (Are all services taxed except software 
consulting?  I do not seem to pay for tax on lawn services, for example)
Won't this deter 'high-tech' companies from locating to colorado?  -- meaning 
less jobs for us?

> Other than the knee-jerk reaction that any new tax is bad.  

As a person who already pays more than his fair share of taxes, I do think 
that 'any' new taxes are bad without a concrete use of the collected money.  
This is why I like being able to vote on new taxes (due to TABOR).  It puts 
the decision in my hands.  BTW - I will vote for new taxes (e.g., education 
in my school district) if they have a reasonable use.

Jeff