sales tax

The sales tax could be doing a lot more for us.

But most of the money will come from the new sales tax here.

The President then went out of his way to back away from the national sales tax idea.

They became subject to the sales tax as something other than food.

It wants to cut its 6 percent sales tax in half.

The total sales tax in the county is 7.5 percent.

Let be the rate in terms of a sales tax.

I live in a state where there is no sales tax.

"We believe about 60 percent of sales tax does not go to the Government," he said.

The city sales tax would be increased 1-eighth of one percent.

The state's 4.25 percent sales tax on the same services will remain.

That is in addition to the state's 4 percent sales tax.

Another half a billion in sales taxes goes to the state government.

City officials are expected to set June 1 for the higher sales tax to take effect.

Usually this is a big week for us - no sales tax, back to school.

The result for most people is an increase in the amount of sales tax they pay.

The state sales tax, at 6.25 percent, has been raised four times since 1983.

The sales tax in urban areas is already 8 1/4 percent and cannot go much higher.

The sales tax would lead to a loss of jobs in the state, he said.

The combined state and county sales tax is now 8.5 percent.

That would come on top of any state or local sales taxes.

The new sales tax is a moving target as well.

Therefore, this part of the sales tax increase never went into effect.

The national sales tax might have the upper hand in one area, however.

But officials said they would still push for an increase in the county sales tax.