Technology-enabled small business owner Marc Ducey of Wilbraham, Massachusetts submitted a letter to the editor of Mass Live that discussed his concern with the Internet sales tax proposal currently pending in the U.S. Congress.  Ducey, like many small businesses across the country, are frustrated that policymakers are trying to pass legislation that would impede the ability of small businesses to thrive.

“The current version of this bill, which is now in the US House of Representatives, would place unfair compliance burdens on small business owners who sell over the internet, making it extremely difficult for us to grow our business and many may even be forced to close,” said Ducey. “ I do not have the necessary infrastructure to incorporate the sales tax policies of over 9,500 jurisdictions, file monthly sales reports to each of them, and face costly audits from tax authorities in states and jurisdictions where I have no representation or means of recourse, nor do I benefit in any way from their tax collections.”

In his letter, Ducey called on Congress to protect small businesses from an overly burdensome new tax regime.  “Massachusetts lawmakers must act with our state’s best interest in mind, but doing so at hands of small business is not the answer.”

To read Marc Ducey’s letter to the editor and to learn more about how the Internet sales tax issue will affect small businesses, please visit Mass Live.