Sentences with phrase «cent sales tax»

The one cent sales tax increase is expected to generate $ 16 billion over 30 years.

Under the plan, customers across the state who choose to use reusable bags would receive an instant 3 - cent sales tax rebate from the stores.

The first called for a one - cent sales tax over six years.

It will come from the one - cent sales tax increase voters passed in 2016 for school infrastructure.

«It would be a double - whammy for consumers, over and above Metrolinx proposed one per cent sales tax increase.»

After delaying a proposed vote on a half - cent sales tax for roads and infrastructure needs, the county could be facing a $ 1 million cost to hold a special election next year.

Sales tax votes: The Okaloosa County School Board has decided to withdraw a half - cent sales tax initiative for schools with the district still coping with investigations into child abuse and the failure to report it, harassment and sexual harassment, and a federal lawsuit for alleged racial harassment.

Bay County commissioners approve placing a half - cent sales tax hike for schools on the Aug. 28 primary ballot.

Voters approved a one - cent sales tax in November 2016 that helps pay for new roofs, air conditioning, paving and other infrastructure projects.

The Crenshaw / LAX Project is one of 12 transit projects funded by Measure R, the half - cent sales tax approved by Los Angeles County voters in 2008.

Kentucky bourbon industry officials poured spirits on the state Capitol's front steps to protest a proposed 6 per cent sales tax on all alcohol.

In 2008, the first year the measure took effect, 3.5 percent of a countywide half - cent sales tax went for senior and paratransit services.

According to economist Bob Ascah, who was at the weekend event, a one - per cent sales tax could raise $ 750 million in revenue for the province.

A 1 - cent sales tax increase takes effect Jan. 1.

When it came to transforming the city's infrastructure, the mayor stayed within budget by implementing a temporary one - cent sales tax initiative, which will expire in December 2017.

When he proposed a 1 - cent sales tax hike to fund these projects, it was welcomed with open arms due to its alignment with the health campaign, which had gained national attention.

The Drinking Water Protection Program, funded through a quarter - cent sales tax in the county, has been approved through 2030.

The Neighborhood Transportation Improvement Program is made possible by the Transportation Authority through grants from San Francisco's half - cent sales tax for transportation.

Van Rysselberge, who moved to Charleston to head the Chamber of Commerce there, says that Charleston just this last November passed a one cent sales tax to build new schools and create jobs there.)

Through the half - cent sales tax that Brevard residents approved in 2014, a handful of schools had received new roofs, with water proofing built in, and upgraded doors and windows.

A big priority of the half - cent sales tax is to bring older buildings up to code.

Through the half - cent sales tax that Brevard residents approved in 2014, a handful of schools — not just those being used as shelters — have received new roofs, with water proofing built in, and upgraded doors and windows.

In 2015, Metro Vancouver residents voted no to an extra 0.5 per cent sales tax to fund transit improvements of about $ 8 billion over 10 year, which included the $ 1.4 billion Pattullo Bridge that TransLink no longer owns.

It is tax season, the snowbirds are returning to 13 per cent sales taxes, and the 2018 federal Liberal budget broke promises to pensioners and self - employed persons with holding companies.

The timing couldn't be worse for Broward County commissioners to propose a penny increase in the county's six - cent sales tax — to fund a transportation initiative that includes light rail.

However, under a one per cent sales tax, the first would pay tax of # 10,000 while the second would see a 90 per cent tax cut, and pay tax of only # 1,000.

If Dane County voters approve a half - cent sales tax increase and it generates the predicted $ 40 million annually, all the money goes to expanded bus service or development of commuter rail, said Dave Merritt, chief of policy and program development for Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk.

To receive state aid, each district must levy a 10 - mill property tax or its equivalent through a 1 - cent sales tax.

I - 884, which called for a 1 cent sales tax increase, would have funneled an additional $ 1 billion annually into education.

The task force report led to passage of one of the most comprehensive efforts yet to address shortages, including the adoption of a statewide half - cent sales tax increase that was used, in part, to raise teacher salaries by an average of $ 8,000.

The 0.6 - cent sales tax, which voters approved in 2000, was set to expire in mid-2021 if voters or the Legislature didn't act.

Faced with a massive shortfall in revenue because of the recession, then - Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue asked Republican leaders to extend part of a temporary 1 - cent sales tax increase to maintain education funding.

Bay County School Board members approve a resolution to ask voters in August to extend the extra half - cent sales tax to help pay for school security and construction projects.

Almost all of the rest comes from the Prop. 301 education six - tenths of a cent sales tax and the Federal Government (Joint Legislative Budget Committee 2017, Arizona Department of Education 2016).