Idea floated for lower Lambeau sales tax

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 17, 2000 ;     700+ words ......when told of the sales tax proposal. Brown...lawmakers compared the original bill to proposed modifications...deficiencies in the original bill," Ziegelbauer said...referendum, the 0.5% sales tax would be imposed...exemptions, such as a sales tax exemption ...

SALES TAX HIKE MOTIVATES BUYERS TRY TO BEAT COMING QUARTER-CENT...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  December 28, 2001 ;     598 words ......Pondel Staff Writer With California's sales tax rising a quarter-percent on Tuesday...percent of its revenues, the state sales tax drops by 0.25 percent. That was the scenario a year ago when the state's sales tax declined 0.25 percent to the current...

QuickBooks and your sales tax return.(The QuickBooks Advisor)

The CPA Technology Advisor;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Sales Tax is one of the most complicated areas of...that does a very good job of handling sales tax. Admittedly, I have pretty high standards...must be able to calculate the correct sales tax for any sales item, in any jurisdiction...

Sales tax idea resurrected

The Billings Gazette;  January 17, 1997 ;     603 words ...HELENA--Gov. Marc Racicot pushed the sales tax back into Montana's political spotlight...after state voters crushed his earlier sales tax attempt. "I want to make it perfectly...generated by a constitutionally capped sales tax to reduce escalating property taxes our...

FULTON RE-ENACTS 3 PERCENT SALES TAX; HOPED-FOR TRICKLE DOWN FROM ADDED...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  November 24, 2001 ;     485 words ......writer Following a year of dismal sales tax receipts, Fulton city councilors are reinstating the 3 percent city sales tax on clothing and footwear costing...March 1. Some city retailers say the sales tax break this last year has given them...

AURORA COUNCIL WILL DISCUSS PROPOSED SALES TAX INCREASE

Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL);  September 2, 1997 ;     378 words ......Tuesday whether a one-half cent per dollar sales tax increase is an appropriate remedy for...increase to the city-imposed Home Rule Sales Tax last month as one of two increases needed...natural gas and electricity. The proposed sales tax increase would be particularly noticeable...

Payment of sales tax: Questions and Answers.(Brief Article)

Stone World;  November 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...The question of whether to pay sales tax or use tax is one of the most commonly...government definitions of sales and use tax. Sales tax is imposed on a transfer of title and...personal property and various services. Sales tax is measured by the sales price paid or...

Sales tax irritates Yumans.

Sun (Yuma, AZ);  February 3, 2006 ;     555 words ......3--Six months after the highest-ever sales tax in Yuma County went into effect, three...but they said don't blame the higher sales tax for that decline. It's hard on everybody...decision raised what the county collects on sales tax from 7.1 percent to 7.2 percent. For...

BILLS FOR COUNTY SALES TAX, GROCERY EXEMPTION PASSED

The Journal Record;  March 16, 1989 ;     527 words ...county sales tax dedicated to education and a sales tax exemption for groceries have passed the Oklahoma House...of 63 to 37. It would allow voters to establish a county sales tax to be dedicated to education. - The grocery exemption for...

BROADENING THE SALES TAX A LUCRATIVE IDEA.(LOCAL/STATE)(CAPITOL...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  August 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Matt Pommer Polls repeatedly show the sales tax is the least objectionable major tax...association asks: Why not widen the state sales tax to many services but lower the rate...officeholders even looked at that issue and other sales tax ideas flowing from the association's...

Sales tax increase plan gets thumbs down; County panel says 'no' to...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 11, 2007 ;     497 words ......120 million plan that would raise the sales tax a penny to pay for Milwaukee County parks...for adoption of another 1 cent county sales tax. County Executive Scott Walker, the state...measure. The county has had a half-cent sales tax since 1991. Some supervisors have lobbied...

Merchants hail notion of state sales tax holiday Governor's proposal would...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 13, 1999 ;     637 words ...A holiday from the state sales tax for the holidays? Not only are consumers...hold off collecting the state's 5% sales tax on most purchases from the day after...another $15 that you would save." The sales tax holiday idea was floated Saturday...

Sales tax inches up after store closures

Mundelein Review (IL);  February 27, 1997 ;     519 words ...Mundelein's share of state sales tax from November last year hit a level that...For the past two fiscal years, village sales tax receipts have hovered just below $3 million...mark. For the 1994-95 fiscal year, total sales tax to the village was $2.8 million; for...

Ventura suggests sales-tax overhaul; He said he'd like to see the 6.5% tax...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  November 30, 2000 ;     700+ words ......floated the idea of reducing the state sales tax to as low as 5 percent and broadening...the tax against services. Minnesota's sales-tax rate now is 6.5 percent. Food, clothing...DFL-Tower, who championed a similar sales tax on services a decade ago, called the...

Broad Coalition Opposes Expansion of PA Sales Tax; New Taxes Would Hurt...

PR Newswire;  November 17, 2005 ;     700+ words ......Calling proposals to expand the state sales tax a cradle-to-grave levy that would hurt...expansion of the state's current 6 percent sales tax to virtually all goods and services...Retailers' Association, noted that a sales tax on clothing and footwear would be bad...