Tag: RGGI tax

NH Climbs State Business Tax Climate Ladder

October 22, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire climbed one spot in the annual Tax Foundation report on State Business Tax Climate, from seventh overall to sixth in the nation. Though property taxes, unemployment taxes, and corporate taxes (still) bog us down, our lack of a personal income tax and sales tax keep us in the top ten. The employer tax … Read more

New Hampshire Democrats Propose Passing the Highest Beer Tax in New England

September 26, 2018January 14, 2013

by Steve MacDonald

NH Democrats look to make New Hampshire Highest Beer tax in New England — NH Democrats have goals. One of them is having the highest beer tax in New England

Whenever you are sitting with ‘friends,” talking about what you could do to help create jobs and improve the economy in New Hampshire, I bet one of the first things you think of is instituting the highest beer tax in all of New England, right?

Well if you happen to be a New Hampshire Democrat that is exactly what you do.

HB 168 …would increase the excise tax on any beer that’s sold in New Hampshire to 40 cents per gallon, a 33% increase.

CBS Boston reports (WBZ) that this would surpass Maine’s 35 cents per gallon, making New Hampshire’s tax the highest in New England.