by Melissa Roy | Aug 26, 2013 | Associated Press, Council in the News |
By Bob Salsberg THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON — A new Massachusetts sales tax on software and computer services, part of a massive transportation financing plan that became law last month, has been met with anger and confusion in the state’s technology sector,...
by Melissa Roy | Aug 18, 2013 | Boston Globe, Council in the News |
By Jeff Jacoby GLOBE COLUMNIST DAYS AFTER Massachusetts residents began feeling the sting of new tax increases, Florida’s Republican governor, Rick Scott, cheerfully reminded them that they have other options. On Aug. 6, Scott sent letters to 100 Massachusetts...
by Melissa Roy | Aug 15, 2013 | Boston Globe, Council in the News |
By Michael B. Farrell Democratic state Senator Karen Spilka filed a bill to repeal the recently enacted software services tax that has triggered an uproar within the Massachusetts technology community. Her bill appears to be the first reaction by a state official to...
by Melissa Roy | Aug 13, 2013 | Boston Globe, Council in the News |
By Tom Keane BOSTON GLOBE COLUMNIST If those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, then a number of legislators should be looking over their shoulders, wondering whether their time in office is near an end. That’s what happened in 1990, when the...
by Melissa Roy | Aug 9, 2013 | Council in the News, NECN |
By Peter Howe NECN The new Massachusetts sales tax on software and computer services may be barely eight days old – but it’s already being targeted for repeal at the November 2014 by some of the state’s most powerful technology and business groups. Wednesday was the...
