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mandolinjen

With regard to Michigan's new tax ...

Oct 03, 2007 11:32

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concertinette October 3 2007, 18:26:53 UTC

What is Michigan's new tax, exactly?

mandolinjen October 3 2007, 20:19:51 UTC

It's a 6% tax on services ... but only *some* services:

MLive article

The list of specific services is here, in the right-hand column:

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071002/NEWS06/710020324/1001/NEWS

concertinette October 3 2007, 20:56:55 UTC

Interesting!
I find the tax on coin-operated machines to be a bit odd... photo-booths, payphones, and coin-op lockers? weird.
I feel kind of bad for the employees of the businesses - I could see how the difference would come out of their tip (cost of massage was $55, is now $58, but might somebody still just give the guy $65 and be done with it?)

I don't think of a coat-check as a business that really runs books or keeps records... a great candidate for tax fraud? Actually a lot of them are free, you just should tip the dude, so maybe no tax then.

My conclusion? Michigan is weird.

mandolinjen October 3 2007, 21:31:28 UTC

The tip thing was one of the first things I thought of, too. And the coin-op machines tax? That's pretty much got to come from the business because (for example) 25-cent lockers aren't going to become 26.5-cent lockers.

The best part? We don't know whether Harmonyware fits under the new tax or not. If it does, it's likely to be a royal pain.

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