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Privilege of doing business
Aug. 1st, 2021 12:40 pmЛюбая деятельность в Америке - лицензируема. Т.е это не ваше право, например, заниматься бизнесом, это лицензия. За лицензию надо платить. Подтверждено верховным судьей каунти.
"The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce sued the city months later over the tax in December, arguing it infringed on an employees' right to earn a living or a principle the state supreme court ruled as unconstitutional in the 1952 case Cary vs. Bellingham. King County Superior Court Judge Mary Roberts disagreed.
In her ruling, Roberts determined the tax applied to employers, not employees. She wrote that, while Jumpstart Seattle was a valid excise tax on the "privilege of doing business," it was not the court's intent to rule on the wisdom of the tax.
"The payroll expense tax is an excise tax measured by payroll expenses and paid by business with employees in the City," Roberts wrote. "Employees do not pay the tax. The court concludes that the payroll expense tax is a permissible tax on the privilege of doing business.""
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/judge-upholds-seattle-amazon-tax-on-big-business/
"The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce sued the city months later over the tax in December, arguing it infringed on an employees' right to earn a living or a principle the state supreme court ruled as unconstitutional in the 1952 case Cary vs. Bellingham. King County Superior Court Judge Mary Roberts disagreed.
In her ruling, Roberts determined the tax applied to employers, not employees. She wrote that, while Jumpstart Seattle was a valid excise tax on the "privilege of doing business," it was not the court's intent to rule on the wisdom of the tax.
"The payroll expense tax is an excise tax measured by payroll expenses and paid by business with employees in the City," Roberts wrote. "Employees do not pay the tax. The court concludes that the payroll expense tax is a permissible tax on the privilege of doing business.""
https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/judge-upholds-seattle-amazon-tax-on-big-business/
