On behalf of the Kent Chamber of Commerce and our 480 members, I urge the Washington State Congressional delegation to support the Remote Transaction Parity Act (RTPA), previously known as the Marketplace Fairness Act.
The RTPA is supported by businesses, large and small, and we are asking the delegation to join them in backing this important legislation.
The RTPA would be greatly beneficial to the businesses of our state. The RTPA would not impose new taxes, rather it would require online retailers to collect sales taxes that already exist. The RTPA provides economic neutrality, which is a major tax policy principle.
Currently many Internet retailers and many consumers receive preferential tax treatment since states cannot require collection of sales tax when the seller does not have a presence in the buyer’s state. This loophole needs to be closed.
The RTPA puts brick-and-mortar retailers within the city of Kent on equal footing with out-of-state online retailers. That’s good for business and good for our local economy.
Thank you to those members of the delegation who have signed on in support of this bill already. The RTPA has phenomenal bipartisan support locally and in Washington, D.C. We strongly urge the support of this important piece of legislation for our state.
– Andrea Keikkala, CEO, Kent Chamber of Commerce
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