Ayotte Vows to Fight Renewed Effort to Pass Online Sales Tax Requirements

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U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) today announced she would fight a renewed effort to pass onerous online sales tax requirements that would hurt online retailers in New Hampshire and across the nation. Ayotte has led the fight in Congress against the mis-named "Marketplace Fairness Act," which was reintroduced today in the Senate.

"Since arriving in the Senate, I've fought to protect online retailers in New Hampshire from burdensome online sales tax requirements, which would force them to become tax collectors for nearly 10,000 jurisdictions across the country," said Ayotte. "The so-called "Marketplace Fairness Act' would trample on New Hampshire's choice not to have a sales tax, and I will continue to do everything in my power to stop this legislation."

Ayotte has worked diligently to protect New Hampshire Internet businesses from collecting sales taxes, and previously introduced bipartisan legislation expressing the sense of the Senate that no federal legislation should give states the authority to impose any new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on Internet businesses and entrepreneurs.

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