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Kelly Ayotte

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Kelly Ayotte is a former United States Senator from New Hampshire, serving from January 5, 2011, to January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first woman to represent New Hampshire in the Senate. During her tenure, Ayotte focused on issues such as national security, fiscal responsibility, and education reform. She was known for her bipartisan approach and worked on various initiatives to strengthen the military and improve veterans' services.

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Jul 31, 2012

This proposal we'll discuss today is very critical to New Hampshire and to other states that have opted to not have a sales tax.

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Jul 31, 2012

And, in addition, if they are then audited in any of those jurisdictions, they have to then go and defend themselves against an audit in other states. Correct?

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Jul 31, 2012

I fear the proposal may erode existing protections on state sovereignty.

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Jul 31, 2012

So this is not really comparable to compare Amazon in terms of how you could treat those costs versus the burden on a small business.

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Jul 31, 2012

I urge you to fight to protect New Hampshire's ability to protect their businesses from out of state tax authorities.

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Jul 31, 2012

This bill, in my view, tramples on New Hampshire's choice not to have a sales tax.

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Jul 31, 2012

Congress should not enact any legislation that would grant State governments the authority to impose any new burdensome or unfair tax collecting requirements on small online businesses and entrepreneurs, which would ultimately hurt the…

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Jul 31, 2012

Why would we enact legislation that would increase the cost of online commerce and also will cost consumers more?

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Jul 31, 2012

I don't believe it is fair to New Hampshire businesses that another state has the authority to turn us into their personal tax collector.

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Jul 31, 2012

But let's just agree with me that your small business doesn't have the team of IT or accountants. Correct?

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Jul 31, 2012

But one concern I have about this whole thing is that in a state like mine, like New Hampshire, where we don't have a sales tax...

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Jul 29, 2012

This bipartisan resolution opposes new tax collection requirements for small online businesses and entrepreneurs.

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