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Good morning, There is an artice about this in the December VLCT News, page 4 and 5. Check it out Linda Wells Plainfield On 10/23/07, Roberta Dana <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > For all you treasurers that did not received this: Here is the email > that was sent to Town Clerks re: HR 3056. And after taking a deep breath > and counting to 10 LOL I have reread it and notice that this is a FEDERAL > tax not a state tax. So I guess we will work as additional Federal tax > collectors as well as State Tax Collectors. > > Roberta Dana > Town Treasurer & Tax Collector > Groton, VT > 802-584-3131 > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Congressman Peter Welch [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *Sent:* Monday, October 22, 2007 2:28 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* H.R. 3056, the Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007, by a > vote of 232-173. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > October 22, 2007 > > > > > > > > Dear Ms. Nunn, > > > > I am writing to let you know that on October 10th the House of > Representatives passed H.R. 3056, the Tax Collection Responsibility Act of > 2007, by a vote of 232-173. > > > > This legislation postpones until December 31, 2011 the application of a 3 > percent withholding requirement on the payments of goods and services made > by federal, state and local governments to vendors, contractors, and other > service providers. (The 3 percent withholding requirement was scheduled to > take effect in 2010.) > > > > The bill also requires the Secretary of the Treasury to undertake a study > and report findings back to Congress on issues associated with this > withholding requirement. The study will include the burdens imposed on small > businesses as well as the administrative burdens associated with the > application of the tax withholding to small expenditures for goods and > services by federal, state, and local governments. > > > > I strongly supported passage of this bill because of the administrative > burden a withholding requirement would place on local governments, > especially in making simple small purchases, such as a ream of paper or a > hammer. While H.R. 3056 would require a one-year delay in withholding, I > have also cosponsored H.R. 1023, which would repeal of the requirement > altogether. > > I intend to work closely with Senators Leahy and Sanders to ensure that > this bill is passed by the Senate and signed by the President. And be > assured that I will continue to be an advocate in Congress for sensible > partnerships between the federal, state and local governments. > > > > Please contact me or my staff (Mary Sprayregen in our Vermont office at > 802-652-2450 or Carol Hetfield in our Washington office at 202-225-4115) if > you would like further information on this or other issues affecting > Vermont's cities, towns and villages. Also, please feel free to share this > news with interested colleagues. > > > > > > > > Sincerely, > > PETER WELCH > > Member of Congress > > > ------------------------------ > > > *To respond to this letter, please visit my website: www.welch.house.gov. > Replies to this email address will not be received.* > >