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Axios Twin Cities: "No new taxes": Minnesota Senate tax chair vows to block increases this session”
"I don't support it," [Sen. Ann Rest} said of the tax, set to take effect in July. "If it doesn't get fixed, it's fine with me. I think it's going to collapse under its own weight."
Minnesota Public Radio: “Minnesota’s new delivery fee riles retailers”
The state’s new fee is unpopular with many businesses, said Bruce Nustad, president of the Minnesota Retailers Association, and it may have the unintended effect of increasing road traffic. He predicts consumers will change their shopping habits when they realize that buying items separately could save them money. “If you want to avoid the fee, instead of buying two $75 pairs of shoes, you're going to place two separate orders for $75," he said….
Chamber of Progress CEO Adam Kovacevich said delivery surcharges are bad policy because they disproportionately hurt low-income people.“They are regressive, and really hurt people who depend on delivery of goods and services to their doorstep,” Kovacevich said. “Delivery is not a luxury. It's a necessity for many people.”
Duluth News Tribune: “Our View: C'mon Minnesota, a tax on pizza deliveries?”
"The 75-cent delivery fee, if enacted, promises to be especially burdensome on elderly, handicapped, and lower-income Minnesotans who rely on deliveries because it’s harder for them to get out. Small businesses — especially in the hospitality industry, which was perhaps hit hardest of all by the pandemic’s shutdowns — will feel this, too, figuring out how to administer and charge the fee and how to explain it to angry customers.