California Lawmakers Looking to Extend the Sales Tax to Golf – Again!
The California Tax Commission is re-examining a proposal to extend the sales and use tax to golf play and services.
The golf tax was a near certainty at one point during the budget discussions in the beginning of the year; and was successfully stopped with the power the golf industry and individual golfers like you working together to protect our great game.
Such a proposal was not included in this year’s budget agreement and for good reason: It would impose a risky and inequitable burden on a golf industry in California that has been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn. An additional tax on playing golf and golf-related activities would cause significant harm–reducing play, slashing golf and service economy jobs, and shutting down courses that are already operating on slim margins.
Moving forward, we will be calling on you again to help defeat this unfair tax, and with your support, we know we can achieve success. Please stay tuned to the website for news updates, and possible calls to action. Continue to spread the news to your fellow friends and golfers, getting them to join the coalition if they haven’t already.
California’s broken budget system will not be repaired by breaking the state’s golf industry. As the Governor’s Executive Order creating the commission rightly said, “California’s long term prosperity requires that employers and entrepreneurs invest, remain and grow in the state…†A tax on golf will do just the opposite, reducing jobs at golf courses and in the hotel, restaurant and service industry.
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