Wyoming Bill Would Take Another Step Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

The law would amend the Wyoming Legal Tender Act to require the state treasurer to establish a system to provide for the payment of state and local taxes with specie or specie legal tender "subject to authentication procedures ... that are consistent with precious metals industry standards."

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Mississippi Bill Would Take Step Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

The legislation would exempt from sales tax the sales of platinum, gold, and silver bullion that are valued solely upon their precious metal content, whether in coin or ingot form. This also includes numismatic coins that have a value of $1,000 or less, and numismatic coins sold at a national, statewide, or multi-county numismatic trade show.

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Tennessee Bill Would Create State Bullion Depository

The legislation would establish a state bullion depository that could operate either "exclusively or non-exclusively" as a precious metals depository to "serve as the custodian, guardian, and administrator of certain bullion and specie that may be deposited with the depository by this state, a political subdivision, or another instrumentality of this state, or by a private individual, party, or other entity."

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West Virginia Bill Would Make Gold and Silver Legal Tender

Under the proposed law, gold and silver coins issued by the federal government would be deemed legal tender in this state, as was always required by the Constitution.

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Minnesota Bill Would Expand Sales Tax Exemption on Gold and Silver; Take Another Step Toward Treating Them as Money

A bill introduced in the Minnesota House would expand the sales tax exemption on gold and silver to include bullion coins. The passage of this bill would relieve some of the tax burdens on investors, and would also eliminate another barrier to using gold and silver in everyday transactions, a foundational step for people to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.

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Missouri Bill Would Take Steps Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

The legislation is a companion to SB100 in the Senate and would take several steps to encourage the use of gold and silver as money in Missouri, including making it legal tender, eliminating the state capital gains tax on gold and silver, and establishing a state bullion depository.

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Alaska Bill Would Set the Stage to Treat Gold and Silver as Money

A bill introduced in the Alaska House would exempt gold and silver bullion from the state sales tax and make both legal tender in the state. Passage of this bill would not only relieve some of the tax burdens on investors, but it would also eliminate barriers to using gold and silver in everyday transactions, a foundational step for people to undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.

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Mississippi Bill Would Take Step Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

The legislation would exempt from sales tax the sales of platinum, gold, and silver bullion that are valued solely upon their precious metal content, whether in coin or ingot form. This also includes numismatic coins that have a value of $1,000 or less, and numismatic coins sold at a national, statewide, or multi-county numismatic trade show.

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Missouri Bill Would Take Steps Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

The legislation would take several steps to encourage the use of gold and silver as money in Missouri, including making it legal tender, eliminating the state capital gains tax on gold and silver, and establishing a state bullion depository.

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Missouri Bill Would Take Steps Toward Treating Gold and Silver as Money

The legislation would take several steps to encourage the use of gold and silver as money in Missouri, including making it legal tender, eliminating the state capital gains tax on gold and silver, and establishing a state bullion depository.

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