H.B.
825 SHOULD INCLUDE TAX HOLIDAY
Rep. Damron: Sales Tax Holiday Essential
WASHINGTON - Americans
for Tax Reform (ATR) supports the efforts of Kentucky Representative
Robert Damron (D-39) to institute a permanent sales tax holiday in
Kentucky. Permanent sales tax holidays spur production and consumption,
benefit all taxpayers, and help retailers in rural, urban, and suburban
areas alike.
A sales tax holiday will
soften the effect of H.B. 825 tax increases for business owners, and
aid low-income taxpayers in buying computers and back-to-school products.
H.B. 825 was voted out
of the House Committee on Appropriations and Revenue today, without
a sales tax holiday attached.
"All lawmakers and
taxpayers in Kentucky should embrace the idea of a sales tax holiday,"
said Grover Norquist, President of ATR. "Kentucky businesses
will be hard hit by the tax increases in H.B. 825, and a sales tax
holiday will help soften the blow. The sales tax holiday will help
low-income taxpayers buy items like computers and back-to-school items
for their children. I encourage all lawmakers in Kentucky to support
this important tax relief proposal."
Americans for Tax Reform is a non-partisan
coalition of taxpayers and taxpayer groups who oppose all federal
and state tax increases. For
more information or to arrange an interview with Mr. Norquist please contact Christopher Butler at (202)785-0266 or by email at
cbutler@atr.org.
