MPA continues to oppose sales taxes on both subscriptions and over-the-counter sales of magazines. Because MPA understands that taxes on subscriptions place greater collection and record-keeping burdens on publishers than do similar taxes on over-the-counter sales, our efforts in this area are generally focused on preventing the enactment of subscription sales taxes.
In 2004, MPA defeated proposals that would have imposed taxes on magazine subscription sales in Texas, Arkansas and Virginia. A Connecticut tax on magazine and newspaper subscription sales expired on July 1, 2004. The subscription sales tax became effective on April 1, 2003 when the state was in the middle of a fiscal crisis. The original proposal would have imposed a permanent tax, but MPA, working with its members and the Connecticut Press Association, successfully lobbied to ensure the tax would be temporary.
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