sgusers7的部落格

Source: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.儲存倉Oct. 03--After the state implemented the short-lived and much-debated "tech tax" this summer, it collected nearly $800,000.Now, the state's looking to pay it back.The tax on various software and computer services was implemented July 31, but it was repealed last Friday after widespread criticism. It had been approved in July as part of an $800 million transportation finance bill meant to raise money to modernize the state's infrastructure.The state's Department of Revenue has posted on its website how businesses can get their money back.They must apply electronically for a refund through the state's "WebFile for Business" online program by the end of 2013.The online program is used for a variety of purposes, including registering a business and paying taxes. According to the website, even if a business hasn't paid the tax but has filed a return, it needs to adjust its return online. The state received nearly $800,000 in submitted sales and use taxes, said Ann Dufresne, a spokeswoman for the Department of Revenue.The initial deadline for companies to pay the state was Sept. 20 but it was then delayed until Oct. 20, Dufresne said. Both the state House and Senate voted last week to elim迷你倉最平nate the tax, and Gov. Deval Patrick signed the repeal on Friday.Rep. Randy Hunt, R-Sandwich, had opposed the implementation of the tax.Hunt, who is a certified public accountant, said he had encouraged his business clients to hold off on immediately forwarding the collected taxes to the state because the deadline hadn't passed yet and it looked like the tax would be repealed.Now that the levy has been repealed, businesses have to "make reasonable efforts to return that tax to the retail customers from whom the tax was collected," according to the state. Once businesses get an abatement, they have 30 days to pay the money back to retail customers.Paper filing is not an allowable way to adjust the tax returns, Dufresne said.John Garner, president of the Centerville-based technology support company iMedia Technology, said it made a payment to the state, but before it focuses on getting its money back, it's figuring out how to refund its customers who paid the sales tax."At first, we are just focused on getting the reimbursements to our clients," he said.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Mass.) Visit the Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, Mass.) at .capecodonline.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存