FDRA raises objections to proposed extra tax on athletic shoes
06/02/2013
State representative William Davis has proposed the extra tax for sales of all new athletic shoes in retail outlets throughout Illinois.
FDRA said the proposal meant footwear retailers in the state would have to file “additional burdensome tax paperwork, which could impact retail worker hours or even jobs”.
Matt Priest, FDRA’s president, insisted that footwear imported into the US is already taxed by up to 67% in some cases before state sales taxes apply. “Shoes are in fact one of the highest taxed goods families and children need,” he said. “We should be working to lower the cost of shoes for working families, not increase them.”
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