Sixty-six percent of Florida respondents oppose the Marketplace...
Sixty-six percent of Florida respondents oppose the Marketplace Fairness Act (MFA) (HR-684), according to polling released by the R Street Institute and the National Taxpayers Union Monday (http://bit.ly/1r4chmD). Respondents were asked if they supported “enforcement agents from one state to…
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collect taxes from online retailers based in a different state,” among other questions, it said. NTU and R Street, which oppose the MFA, polled 400 “likely” voters in Florida by phone in early June, it said. The organizations have incrementally released polling for 17 states since June 30 (http://bit.ly/1kHv0Cf) (WID Aug 18 p1). Senate supporters of the MFA are expected to try to force the House to pass the MFA by attaching it to an extension of the Internet Tax Fairness Act (S-2609) in the lame-duck session after the November elections (WID Sept 23 p1). The pollsters said the margin of error was plus or minus 4.9 percent.