麻州長簽字了 八月十五，十六購物免稅

麻州州長查理貝克（Charlie Baker)昨（六）日簽字，正式通過八月十五，十六兩日，麻州放稅假，消費者購物2,500元以下，免付6.25%的銷售稅。 查理貝克昨日在麻州零售商協會成員環繞中，簽署此法。他表示，放稅假可讓消費者喘口氣，也給辛勤工作的零售商們打氣。 在簽署稅假法時，查理貝克還打趣說他家的舊電視，近日不靈光，常常自動關機，他和太太前兩天才彼此對望，不知哪天放稅假，是該換架平板電視了。 麻州零售商協會會長Jon Hurst表示，銷售稅放假已經成為麻州居民每年都期待的事，已經證明是很成功的行動，刺激了人們的購物行動，也投資回本地經濟，讓麻州企業得回一億六千八百萬元可能流到其他州，或者網路的消費額。這麼做也讓消費者省回幾塊錢進他們的口袋。 麻州州長查理貝克（Charlie Baker）簽署放稅假法。（圖由麻州州長辦公室提供）              Governor Baker Signs 2015 Sales Tax Holiday Legislation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PZuAsOn6qc BOSTON – Today, in a press conference at the State House, Governor Charlie Baker signed Massachusetts’ sales tax holiday weekend for 2015 into law. Surrounded by members of the Retailers Association of Massachusetts, Governor Baker spoke about relief for consumers and increased sales for retailers through the suspension of the state’s 6.25% sales tax for the weekend of August 15th and 16th. Governor Baker and Jon Hurst of Retailers Association of Massachusetts Press Briefing Room, Massachusetts State House August 6, 2015 CLICK HERE TO WATCH Transcription: GOVERNOR BAKER: It’s my privilege today to sign into law a sales tax holiday for the people of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts which will take place the weekend of August 15th and 16th. It’s another example of the bipartisanship that Senate President Rosenberg and House Speaker Bob DeLeo have brought to many of our endeavors here on Beacon Hill. According to the Retailers Association of Massachusetts a sales tax holiday can boost retail sales by over 100 million dollars. This weekend serves as a great opportunity for everyone in our community to support our retailers and businesses of all sizes, and coming on the heels of what I think everybody would agree was an enormously difficult winter for retailers here in the Commonwealth it’s a welcome opportunity to say thanks and to buy something you need. JON HURST: Thank you, Governor. We really appreciate the support of you and we really appreciate the support of Senator Tarr and a lot of the other business community across the Commonwealth and in the entire legislature. Particularly as the Governor mentioned after a very tough winter, the retail sector was down 49 percent during that four week period in February, so it’s a very welcomed initiative by the state, a real investment by the legislature and by the administration. And we would urge our consumers to really remember how important it is to shop local and invest in their main streets if they want their main streets to survive and thrive.