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GST Testimony Against State Run FMLI
GST Submitted Testimony Against SB 1 State-Run Mandatory Family and Medical Leave insurance. This bill establishes a system of paid family and medical leave insurance. Click here for status information and a link to read the bill. The House Labor, Industrial and...
GST Testimony for Education Tax Credit
GST Testified against HB 632, which would eliminate the Education Tax Credit. This bill removes the application of the education tax credit in RSA 77-G to taxes due under the interest and dividends tax, and on July 1, 2020 deletes the education tax credit program....
GST Testimony Against Carbon Tax
GST Testified against HB735, which would implement a carbon tax. The bill establishes the required payment of a carbon pricing fee to be paid by vendors of carbon-based fuels based on their emissions factors. Click here for status information and a link to read the...
Of Course SB1 Takes Your Income
GST Testified Against the SB 1 State-Run Mandatory Family and Medical Leave insurance Plan. Click here for copy of Granite State Taxpayers testimony about SB1. Following are pertinent comments from our written testimony....
Keep Education Tax Credits
Education Tax Credits are Under Attack in House Bill 632. GST supports programs to enhance efficiency and competition in providing services, including education. In 2012, the New Hampshire legislature passed the Opportunity Scholarship Act. This established tax...
Family Leave: State or Private?
GST Supports Voluntary Family and Medical Leave Insurance and Opposes Mandatory State Run Plan. Governors Chris Sununu and Phil Scott of Vermont Introduce their Twin State Voluntary Leave Plan. The Plan is a voluntary paid family and medical leave insurance product...
HB 416 Fights Wayfair Decision
HB 416 Filed to Protect NH Businesses from Wayfair Information Requests. The US Supreme Court Wayfair decision opens the door to cross-border collection of state taxes. Grover Norquist stated that the ultimate goal of high-tax states is the destruction of interstate...
GST Testimony on Election Law
GST Testified against Bills to Eliminate the Reforms of Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 1264. Senate Bill (SB) 3 required registrants to provide documentation showing a presence in state. House Bill (HB) 1264 defined residency to close the loophole allowing residents of...
Return of Drive-By Voting
The NH Legislature is Considering Bills to Eliminate the Reforms of Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 1264. GST has long advocated for reform of New Hampshire Election Laws. GST supports legislation so that people who vote in New Hampshire actually live in New Hampshire....
GST Names Officers
The first Granite State Taxpayers Board of Directors meeting of 2019 was held on January 3, 2019. Granite State Taxpayers members in good standing voted to elect the members of the Board for 2019 - 2020. Newly elected Board members took office effective at the January...