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| Gov. Mary Fallin wants to tax horses in the state of Oklahoma to make up for a $1.3 billion shortfall, yet they still give millions in subsidies to windmills and the Oklahoma Thunder Professional Basketball team. The horse industry is already contributing their share to the govt. (Read Quarter Horse News article below for some amazing numbers. ) https://www.facebook.com/bhwnews/?fref=tsLet us know what you think! Please be respectful. ... You can call too: Governor Mary Fallin (405 ) 521-2342  (405 ) 521-2342 I expect her line will be very busy. Keep trying. |
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Location: Oklahoma | I would think this would be awfully hard to enforce. It might work for collections at auctions, etc., but I would think at private treaty sales it would have to be something like a voluntary contribution.  |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | I thought that was tabled for this year's session? |
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| There are so many groups with tax exemtion its crazy. Here in Utah the Credit Union industry Tax exemption totals about $25M a year. The credit unions look and act exactly like a bank, except they pay NO income tax at all. But I'm sure the legistlature will propose a donut tax next year, because they just dont think its fair that donut eaters shouldn't pay their fair share. Its all about lobbyist and who you know. Isn't America great!
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Location: Oklahoma | Anniemae - 2016-05-18 11:24 AM Does Oklahoma have a sales tax?
Yes, ma'am, we have sales tax on everything. In my small town in Oklahoma, the sales tax is 10% on just about everything, including groceries. The opening of casinos and the sales of lottery tickets were supposed to help the state immensely, especially with proceeds going to education, but apparently that hasn't worked out very well. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | The only way I can this working is if your breaking, training and selling horses as a business. And the selling horses is the main part of your business, or that your a broker. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Yes Oklahoma does have a sales tax. This is the first I've heard about taxes on horses. My question is where the heck did all the money go to. Last year they were hiring new teachers and raising salaries (which they well deserve) and now no money, laying off teachers, cutting school programs and now they want to tax our horses. What's next ~~~ taxing our key strokes on our computers ?  |
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Location: SE KS | Southtxponygirl - 2016-05-18 11:39 AM
The only way I can this working is if your breaking, training and selling horses as a business. And the selling horses is the main part of your business, or that your a broker.
This will affect the World Show Sale & Shawnee Sale all of the big sales they have in the State!!! I could see AQHA World Show pulling out of OK not to mention some of the other entities!!!! |
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| So, pick up Oklahoma and move it out of Tornado Alley. Tax problem solved. |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | Southtxponygirl - 2016-05-18 12:39 PM The only way I can this working is if your breaking, training and selling horses as a business. And the selling horses is the main part of your business, or that your a broker.
This would skaaruuuu some folks that are depreciatin the he ll out of those assets.
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | The huge budget shortfall in Okla. is mostly due to production tax collections, because those taxes are based on the price of oil. Not the first time this has happened, but our "leaders" are obviously to short-sighted to plan ahead. Instead of trying to accumulate a surplus for a rainey day, they gave an income tax cut to the upper tax brackets and gazillions in corporate welfare. Why worry about education, child welfare, the elderly, the uninsured when they can give the gift that keeps on giving -- to the people that will fund their election campaigns. |
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Location: Jersey Girl | In NJ the sale of a horse is taxable if you are in the horse selling business. A regular horse owner that that sells a horse does not have to collect sales tax because that is considered a "casual" sale.
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| This will force the big sales out of state, right? |
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Location: The Saudia Arabia of Wind Energy, Western Oklahoma | The Republicans have totally screwed the pooch in Oklahoma. Mary Fallin is a huge joke. I can not believe that they are actually mentioned her name as VP for Trump. |
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Location: Northwest Florida | Whiteboy - 2016-05-18 2:03 PM
This will force the big sales out of state, right?
This would be my assumption, and according to articles I've read on the proposal that's one of the biggest fears. It would only make sense for them to move to another state to avoid the sales tax. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Whiteboy - 2016-05-18 2:03 PM This will force the big sales out of state, right?
I would think so  |
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Location: Peg-Leg Julia Grimm | Washington State already applies their sales tax to geldings sold at auction. Not breeding stock though. So nobody gelds colts if they are slated to run through a race or working horse sale. |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | Mary Fallin is a horrible excuse as a governor!!! |
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Location: Tulsa, Ok | ksjackofalltrades - 2016-05-18 2:08 PM
The Republicans have totally screwed the pooch in Oklahoma. Mary Fallin is a huge joke. I can not believe that they are actually mentioned her name as VP for Trump.
Gosh Mary can't leave to be VP before she finishes totally screwing up Oklahoma!!! |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Many states are hurting for money after all the freebies given away so once again the working man gets squeezed. Pretty soon we will be taxed to breathe. |
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| You need to contact you state repressive and senator and let them know how you feel.Ko |
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Location: sunny california | SC Wrangler - 2016-05-18 11:29 AM The huge budget shortfall in Okla. is mostly due to production tax collections, because those taxes are based on the price of oil. Not the first time this has happened, but our "leaders" are obviously to short-sighted to plan ahead. Instead of trying to accumulate a surplus for a rainey day, they gave an income tax cut to the upper tax brackets and gazillions in corporate welfare. Why worry about education, child welfare, the elderly, the uninsured when they can give the gift that keeps on giving -- to the people that will fund their election campaigns.
It always amazes me the short sightedness of taxspenders.... when you have a winfall you don't rush in and increase the entire budget just to spend and then have responsibilities along with it. (increased salaries and more retirements) you save some for a rainy day then maybe replace/maintain infrastructure. perhaps invest in something that is desperately needed. we need water here and i just don't get how we are getting a high speed train that is a money pit and never going to work and if it did will service so few. we also have roads that are looking pretty bad.winfalls should be spent on one time expenditures |
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Location: Roping pen | Not a tax problem...our country, states, and local government, have a spending problem.
I am on the local fair board. Our budget is ~125k a year of which 80k comes from taxes. We tried a few years ago to be self sufficient and $0 of tax request. Was advised by our local government, NOT to do that period...the board all thought we could make it work once we paid off some debt. But they said, if we give it up, we would never get it back and it would be spent else where.
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | Spin Doctor - 2016-05-19 9:58 AM Not a tax problem...our country, states, and local government, have a spending problem. I am on the local fair board. Our budget is ~125k a year of which 80k comes from taxes. We tried a few years ago to be self sufficient and $0 of tax request. Was advised by our local government, NOT to do that period...the board all thought we could make it work once we paid off some debt. But they said, if we give it up, we would never get it back and it would be spent else where. Good luck!
welcome to governement spending practices.
you use it, or you lose it.
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Sales Tax on horses proposed