Sentences with phrase «cent sales tax increase»

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.

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.

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

By Paul Snyder A half - cent sales tax increase would give Dane County planners the money they need to craft a regional transit strategy.

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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.

After last week's vote in Tampa, where a half - cent increase in the Hillsborough County sales tax was approved to help underwrite a new stadium, it's looking more and more as if the NFL, which has promised loyal Cleveland fans a team for the 1999 season, will be delivering an expansion club rather than an existing franchise to that city.

After moving dramatically to abolish property taxes as a source of funding for the schools, lawmakers last year decided to give voters a choice for replacing the lost revenues: either a two - cent sales - tax increase, to be considered in a March 15 referendum, or an income - tax hike, which will go into effect automatically if the sales - tax rise is rejected.

The California legislature last week approved a quarter - cent increase in the state sales tax to generate relief funds for the Bay Area earthquake.

It would do so by increasing the state sales tax by 1 cent, from6.5 percent to 7.5 percent.

Rather than seek a bond issue and a property tax increase, the school district has teamed with the other districts in Summit County, Ohio, and the county council to propose a half - cent sales - tax hike.

The appropriation for the Standards of Quality for Public Education (SOQ) includes amounts estimated at $ 348,900,000 the first year and $ 361,100,000 the second year from the amounts transferred to the general fund from the Public Education Standards of Quality / Local Real Estate Property Tax Relief Fund pursuant to Part 3 of this act which are derived from the 0.375 cent increase in the state sales and use tax levied pursuant to § 58.1 - 638, Code of VirginTax Relief Fund pursuant to Part 3 of this act which are derived from the 0.375 cent increase in the state sales and use tax levied pursuant to § 58.1 - 638, Code of Virgintax levied pursuant to § 58.1 - 638, Code of Virginia.