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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Governor Snyder has changed his position on an internet sales tax. He now wants the State Legislature to pass an internet sales tax on some Internet purchases instead of waiting for Congress to pass one.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Snyder said recent legal opinions about the issue have persuaded him that it&rsquo;s worth pursuing a state-level legislative fix.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Snyder agrees with State treasurer, Kevin Clinton, who favors what is called&nbsp; &ldquo;Main Street fairness&rdquo; legislation aimed at forcing all Internet retailers to collect the sales tax.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Internet retailers like Amazon.com and Overstock.com have been able to legally sidestep Michigan's tax collection laws for years because they lack a physical presence in the state.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Other retailers, such as small businesses and big box giants like Wal-Mart and Target, are required to collect sales taxes for online purchases because they have stores in Michigan.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Michigan&rsquo;s Treasury Department has estimated the state will lose nearly $290 million this fiscal year from uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Currently Michigan residents are legally required to declare unpaid sales taxes for their Internet purchases on their state income tax returns&nbsp; but fail to do that.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">About 108,600 taxpayers voluntarily paid $5.87 million in sales taxes from Internet purchases during the first eight months of 2013, according to the Treasury Department.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Snyder feels that the tax is warranted because Michigan residents are already required to pay it voluntarily so it is a tax that&rsquo;s already due.</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Should Michigan pass a bill to levy an internet sales tax on purchases from out of state businesses?</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Yes - tax all internet sales</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">No - Michigan should not levy a tax on out of state businesses</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">No - Michigan should repeal the law that says the tax should be paid voluntarily on your tax return for out of state purchases</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Undecided</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Should Michigan pass a bill to eliminate the state tax on unemployment benefits?</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Yes - 42%&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">No - 53%&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Undecided - 6%&nbsp;</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">THERE WAS ONE COMMENT MADE ON THE POLL</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Comment #1&nbsp;</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Tax on unemployment</span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px Helvetica"><span style="font-size: x-large; ">Quit making exceptions for people. If you are a citizen of this country and state then you should pay the tax that everyone else pays</span></p>
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