Editor's Note
The bailout rescue bill is now one for the books, but is it
possible that Congress carefully thought through the
ramifications of everything they orchestrated in such record
time? Normally major legislation of this sort takes months of
committee creation, debate, and consideration of long-range consequences.
And what about those wooden arrows? Widely touted as a tax
break for manufacturers of small arrows for children's archery
sets, the rescue bill didn't provide a tax break as much as it
removed an arcane tax law that was causing arrow manufacturers
to fork over 43 cents in tax on every arrow shaft manufactured.
The change seems reasonable, but while trying to save the
nation from financial ruin, it's interesting that somebody had
time to think of a handful of arrow companies.
Best regards,
Gail Perry, CPA
Managing Editor
editor@accountingweb.com
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