Wisconsin State Revenue Secretary Pushing For Streamlined Sales Tax

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that state Revenue Secretary Roger Ervin is pushing Wisconsin legislators to pass the Streamlined Sales Tax.

"But Ervin said the Streamlined Sales Tax would "reduce the cost of compliance for businesses and level the playing field for in-state businesses that are required to collect sales taxes."

Many small businesses would be curious as to how Mr Ervin deduces that the Streamlined Sales tax would reduce the cost of compliance for businesses. That seems not to have occured in any state which has adopted the Streamlined Sales Tax initiative. Most business find that rather than collecting state, county and city sales taxes that they are now responsible for collecting and reporting taxes for hundreds of taxing authorities. Modifications to software alone can easily cost businesses thousands of dollars.

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