Governor Chris Christie, please help eliminate, or radically change, the corporate minimum tax Law.

Governor Chris Christie                            8/25/12
Office of the Governor 
Trento, NJ 08625

Dear Governor Chris Christie,

Greetings on this glorious day!  I hope that you and the loved ones are in good health.  Good health is such a wonderful blessing from the good Lord, our Creator Lord!!!  How is your spirit on this glorious day?  Please remember that we humans are created by our Creator Lord, in His image, with inalienable rights!  Also, please remember that we humans are more than flesh and blood!!!  I am writing to you on this glorious day that the Lord has made to ask for you to help eliminate, or radically change, the minimum corporation tax law.  Right now corporations, both new and old, are subject to the minimum corporation tax law, which is not conducive to keeping struggling businesses alive, nor keep small businesses in New Jersey.  Corporations must pay $500 (the corporate minimum tax) to the State of New Jersey even if they lose money, break even, or make small profits.  How can this help businesses that are struggling?  Or how does this help people thinking about starting a small business in New Jersey?

To illustrate the negative impact that the minimum corporate tax has on a struggling business, or businesses that just break even, and even on businesses that are small but are improving yearly check out two scenarios below:

Example #1:
Year in existence                  profit (before paying min. corp. tax)
         1st                                             $125
         2nd                                            $183.47
         3rd                                             $269.30
         4th                                              $395.28
         5th                                              $580.20
         6th                                              $851.62
         7th                                              $1,250

total profit (before min. corp. taxes):     $3,654.87
taxes owed (min. corp. taxes) = $500 X 7 years = $3,500
NJ net tax rate (from NJ only) = 95.763%

Example #2:
Year in existence                     profit (before paying min. corp. tax)
         1st                                                $165
         2nd                                               $247.62
         3rd                                                $371.61
         4th                                                $557.70
         5th                                                $836.96
         6th                                                $1,256.05
         7th                                                $1,885

total profit (before min. corp. taxes):       $5,319.94
taxes owed (min. corp. taxes) = $500 X 7 years = $3,500
NJ net tax rate (from NJ only) = 65.7902%

Although the two different corporations in the above examples are small, and yet growing, they are subjected to enormous tax burdens from the State of New Jersey alone (they'd still need to pay the federal government, I believe).  The minimum corporation tax law doesn't make much sense to help encourage new small businesses, and probably helps destroy businesses that are struggling.  Please help end the minimum corporation tax law, or bring the minimum down to maybe $35/year.  The minimum corporation law, I believe, discourages new small businesses from starting and should be eliminated, or radically changed, as soon as possible.

Thank you very much for all your help.  Hope that you and the loved ones have a joyous and peaceful day.  May the good Lord, our Creator Lord, bless you and the loved ones with love, joy, peace, and patience!

Sincerely,


Ken Miller
Main St. Rm. 103
still one of the working poor!

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