Massachusetts legislature is considering a new tax proposal to help boost state spending by $1.9 billion – taxing cloud computing services.
According to Forbes, the fiscal 2014 budget includes a $265 million line item that, if accepted, will see sales taxes expanded to include broadly worded “canned software.” The tax would cover custom-designed software and services hosted on the Internet (Cloud). “Custom” software, Forbes reports, would include the design and custom development of websites – increasing new website creation costs by 4.5 percent.