Posted on 09/14/2010 1:10:35 PM PDT by mdittmar
Senator Murray votes to reduce burden of paperwork in tax reporting provision, Republicans put oil and gas companies before the needs of small business owners September 14, 2010
(Washington D.C.) - Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray criticized Republicans’ decision to block a critical amendment to ease onerous tax reporting requirements on Washington state small businesses. Senator Murray voted for the amendment, sponsored by Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), which would have significantly reduced paperwork and labor for small businesses owners by easing tax reporting requirements for major purchases. Republicans blocked the bill because it was paid for by closing tax loopholes for oil and gas companies. The bill failed to get the required 60 votes by a vote of 56-42.
“This was a true colors vote,” said Senator Murray. “Republicans showed that despite all their rhetoric they still put big oil before small business. At a time when we need to focus on creating Main Street jobs and helping consumers, I think we can all agree that oil and gas companies that are reaping record profits aren’t the ones we should be fighting to protect. I will continue to work to find a way to ensure these burdensome reporting requirements are eased and will keep fighting for small businesses to get the tools they need to grow and expand.”
Senator Murray has been clear that she is committed to reducing the burden of a new 1099 reporting provision for small businesses before it is enacted in 2012. The provision Murray is working to change requires small businesses to do additional paperwork and report additional information to the IRS when they purchase goods valued at over $600.
While the purpose of the provision is to ensure tax fairness for all businesses, the provision has been shown to be particularly burdensome for small business owners. For that reason, Senator Murray was among a small group of her colleagues who in July proactively called on the IRS to reduce the paperwork and other requirements the new provision imposed on small businesses. It’s also why she voted today to significantly reduce the reporting requirements.
I predict that she will soon break out her tennis shoes..
Just like the dimwits. Put some crap in a bill that they know Republicans won’t go for and then blame the republicans when the bill falls flat. I much as we need the repeal on the 1099 thing we do not need to tax oil and gas companies more than they already are.
I wonder how many in (the state of) Washington are fooled by this bovine ditz.
To be fair, a lot of people who voted for her are dead or non-existent.
Blow it out your @$$.....Patty Watty!....
Talked to a few union workers,they think murray is a joke.
Wow, You voted for this mess Murray? How many Republicans did?
Some republican should respond to Murray on the floor by saying:
” I don’t mind cleaning up after them, but don’t do a lot of talking.”
What’s really bad is that people think this is a bill that would help ‘Small Business’.
It was practically written by venture capitalists and hedge fund managers.
Section 1341 Big Problem Technically a ‘repeal of the Small Business Act’.
Chapman
American Small Business League (Endorsed Obama)
“I’m stunned! I’ve never seen a worse piece of legislation in my life!”
“The most anti small business pieces of legislation I’ve ever seen! “
The Nelson Amendment is a half measure (so it should be called the Half-Nelson Amendment) because it doesn’t really ease the reporting requirement, it just raises the threshold from $600 to $5000 and exempts companies with fewer than 25 employees. So it disincentivizes growth because if you go from 25 to 26 employees you have a massive new reporting requirement, AND it STILL requires all the record-keeping associated with the current Obamacare Form 1099-misc requirement because you would never know until the end of the year if you were going to meet the $5000 threshold. Patty Murray is a DUMBASS if she thinks the Half-Nelson Amendment “eases” the tax reporting for small businesses.
Is that photoshopped?
Is she serenading the students at one of Osama Bin Laden’s day care centers?
Didnt she know it was in the health Care bill if she was opposed to the new reporting requirements she should have said something before the Health care bill was passed or was she for it before she was against it. If she in fact voted for the Health care bill if I was a republican I would run an ad against Murray stating she was for the new reporting requirements
They don’t call her Osama Mamma Murray for nothing.
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youwza...is she coming up in November lol.
I really don't know. I just found it at several sites when I did a search at Google Images.
Here is one of the sites where it is posted:
http://tiny.cc/jj1sf
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