HB1629

We are in a financial crisis. This is not the time to be eliminating taxes.

Please do not give away any more revenue. The state needs it. The poor people need help,

I oppose this bill.

Please stop the downshifting. Taxpayers can't handle much more.

You have already stripped the state budget to practically nothing - you cannot further reduce business taxes and leave ordinary working people to fund the state. Businesses benefit from plowed roads, fixed bridges, educated citizens, etc. - they should pay taxes!

NH is revenue poor. This only lessens the state needed income.

Why are we cutting taxes for the many multinational corporations in NH while putting more tax burden on homeowners? We really don't want to have no services left do we? That may sound good to some but most of us would disagree if we lost our schools, libraries, roads, police and fire! Never mind services for the elderly, disabled, low-income, or mentally ill.

We can’t keep removing funding sources and putting the tax burden on working families here the granite state. We are already pricing our youth, families, and seniors out of NH through increased property taxes. We can’t keep trying to balance the budget on the backs of the working class.

I am a registered voter in Brookline, NH. I am representing myself and my family. HB1629 Repealing the business enterprise tax makes no sense and we oppose this bill. How can the state pay for its operating expenses without funds coming into the state treasury? The only way to pay for the absence of the business enterprise tax would be to borrow the money. But the state is restricted from using debt to pay its bills according to RSA9:8-b. If we repeal the business enterprise tax we would exceed debt limits prohibited by RSA6-C. And we would have recurring needs each year compounding the state debt burden over time. In addition, borrowing money to pay for state expenditures adds interest cost to borrow the funds. Of course if you could put an extra tax burden on the citizens of New Hampshire but I don’t think they would like that and they would voice their opinions at the voting booth. To bring this bill to a hearing only shows the lack of thought and insight as to its consequences. Please oppose and reject this bill.

Stop cutting our state's revenue. Do you want higher property taxes?? Because this is how you get higher property taxes!

NH has a serious revenue problem. Repealing the business enterprise tax would only make it worse.

The ridiculous and irresponsible loss of state funds are driving NH into a deeper and deeper economic hole.

How will this revenue be made up? As NH is in a decifit and spending recklessly with the EFA'S, this is not the time to be cutting any revenue source. Less money coming into the state= more pressure on property owners/ property taxes which are hurts our towns and schools. This makes no sense at all. Respectfully, Wendy Larson

This tax cut is utterly irresponsible. The state is already operating at a deficit and this bill wants to cut revenues? What kind of idiocy is this? NH needs the revenue. How do you expect to pay for the out-of-control school voucher boondoggle that Republicans have gifted to private and religious school parents? Not only should there be no more business tax cuts but the earlier ones should be reversed. I don't understand why Republicans are trying to bankrupt the state.

Repealing this tax is a stupid idea. The State is running a huge deficit and this will put us further in the hole.

The state of New Hampshire should support and defend the rights of its citizens - including the right to marry.

It seems rather foolish to repeal the business entrprise tax when the state faces fiscal challenges. This will increase financial pressure on property poor towns.

Repealing the business profits tax is irresponsible and just wrong.

STRONGLY OPPOSE! We need this revenue! The wealthy large corporations, many which are out of state, can afford to pay MORE!

The state needs a variety of different tax sources to ensure a functioning state government. Cutting this tax only serves to increases property taxes and increase the tax burden on home owners.

The state needs revenue. It is folly to do away with this revenue stream. Towns, municipalities and taxpayers need relief

Strongly oppose.

It' a failure of due diligence to cut revenue when the state is running a deficit. Period.

The revenue generated by the business enterprise tax is part of a suite of business taxes that make up the largest single source of revenue in New Hampshire at approximately 36% . Without another approved tax source of similar size removing this tax revenue would be irresponsible to the residents of New Hampshire. Budgets are already tight and funding limited in the state, this would even further degrade initiatives in the state to draw in new residents and provide work force housing to grow our economy.

NH needs to restructure it's budget and this is definitely not the way to do it.