FYI, a Todd V update

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Senate Bill 9 with Amendment #2

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB0009sam002&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=98852&DocNum=9&GAID=14&Session=

The bill would impose a 5% tax on any membership or access fees for a shooting range or gun club.

That would include: Gun club and hunt club membership, Range access fees (commercial range/gun shops), and range rental fees. There would be a tax on training classes and match fees to the extent they apply to range access and not ammunition or training costs.

The 5% tax is assessed and collected like sales tax. It is imposed on the payment made, charged to the buyer, collected by the vendor, and remitted to the state. Returns would be filed on a monthly basis, though tax revenues under $50 per month would be filed annually and tax revenues under $200 per month would be filed quarterly.

The bill would also require all providers to register with the state and pay an annual registration fee of $75.

The tax applies to a broad category of amusements, and does not singularly target gun clubs. It includes, country clubs, golf, swimming, tennis, fishing and yachting clubs, gym membership, sporting events, movie theaters, live-music venues, etc

What are the practical effects of this tax;
1. A tax on all gun club memberships
2. A tax on any range rental. Whether individual at a commercial operation or rental for a concealed carry class or a Boy Scout merit badge.
3. A tax on match entry fees
4. A tax on field exercises for hunter education classes that take place on a range
5. A tax on training classes that use ranges. From concealed carry to premier classes offer by Shrek & MacNamara.
6. A tax on hunt club memberships
7. If you are a concealed carry instructor and use a private range, you will have to register, pay the $75 fee and then charge a tax on at least a portion of your class if not all of it and remit it to the State.

Please call your senators and urge them to oppose SB-9 with its taxes on ranges, training and gun & hunting clubs. They will be home all next week in their district offices.

Typical BS with Il politicians.  EVERYONE wants to get a piece of the action thru taxes.

Email sent to Bertino-Tarrant.

Let me guess this is being proposed by somebody in the peoples republic of Cook County

The sponsor is a Senator out of the Chicago area.   This is part of an effort in an attempt to address the state budget and includes many many more than just gun related taxes e.g.  a business opportunity tax for being in IL, taxes on services like car repair, raise individual taxes to 4.99%  etc  Last change did remove the new proposed tax on drinks with sugar in them.

When you add up all the taxes we already pay (income, real estate, sales, misc fees, etc...) we already have one of the, if not the, highest effective tax rates in the nation. We have also led the country in people fleeing their state for three years running now - what do they think more taxes will fix other than to actually decrease tax revenue as people continue to flee?

G@d D@()n Democrats!

You gotta be fucking kidding me.  When does it end?

It ends when the govt employee unions are busted and people stop voting for their "good guy" democrat rep or senator.

Madigain kicking the bucket would be a good start.