Harmful Michigan Services Tax Repealed Hours After Going Into Effect

IFA:

Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm signed legislation repealing a 6% services tax on Dec. 1, sparing franchised small businesses an unwarranted financial burden that would jeopardize jobs.

The tax, put into law only 2 months earlier, hit franchised businesses in the services industry especially hard.

As members of the ‘Ax the Tax’ business coalition, the International Franchise Association and other small-business organizations and advocates spearheaded efforts to pressure the legislature to repeal the services tax.

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