{"id":97,"date":"2009-04-01T22:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-01T22:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mn-bankruptcy.com\/blog\/?p=97"},"modified":"2009-04-01T22:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-01T22:31:00","slug":"a-sales-tax-for-filing-bankruptcy-some-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mn-bankruptcy.com\/blog\/a-sales-tax-for-filing-bankruptcy-some-change\/","title":{"rendered":"A sales tax for filing bankruptcy? Some change!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that the leadership of our Minnesota state legislature is considering slapping a sales tax on legal services. If they have to do that, I would suggest that there be an exception for legal services connected with bankruptcy filings. I just sent the following email to Minnesota State Representatives <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_0\">Kelliher<\/span>, <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_1\">Sertich<\/span>, <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_2\">Lenczewski<\/span> and Benson; and to State Senator <span class=\"blsp-spelling-error\" id=\"SPELLING_ERROR_3\">Bonoff<\/span>:<\/p>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>I am a lawyer who does bankruptcy work. Many people who contact me cannot afford to file a bankruptcy the way it is. Adding a sales tax to my fee would make that much worse.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><\/em> <\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em><\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"left\"><em>A sales tax for filing a bankruptcy. 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