Sentences with phrase «percent sales tax»

Also in the new budget a.5 percent sales tax hike might appear.

But, county officials say they need the one percent sales tax exemption ASAP or the county will lose about $ 5 million in revenue.

As the law is proposed, the state would garner a projected $ 24 million annually from e-hailing services (through a 4 percent sales tax on individual hails).

A coalition of Colorado business groups on Friday announced they will collect signatures to try and ask voters in November for a 0.62 percent sales tax increase to raise money for the state's billions of dollars in infrastructure needs.

You have a flat, 10 percent sales tax for everybody, for every purccase that they make,» explained Funiciello.

However, Louisiana residents pay more in sales taxes, on average, than residents in any state except Alabama thanks to the state's 10.02 percent sales tax rate.

Cahill set the stage last year, said his detractors, by holding up the 1 percent sales tax extension for two months, thus, again according to detractors, chief among them County Executive Mike Hein, costing the county some $ 5.2 million and the City of Kingston about $ 600,000 in revenue.

Reading between the lines, the report raises questions about how much Ulster actually lost during last year's «Cahill Sales Tax Crisis,» which deprived the county of a one percent sales tax surcharge in December and January.

Colorado currently charges a 15 percent excise tax rate, in addition to the 2.9 percent sales tax levied on all sales in the state.

In other action, Parete called the legislature into special session for Thursday at 7 p.m. to consider home - rule legislation to extend the 1 percent sales tax through 2015.

Last month, the Ulster County Legislature unanimously approved and the county executive signed a resolution that formally requested the state legislature to extend the county's 1 percent sales tax add - on for another two years, beginning next January.

Hein, a born organizer, hastily gathered an impressive cast of «the usual characters» (said Cahill) at a press conference last week shortly after a bill to extend the Ulster County's «temporary» 1993 1 percent sales tax died a quiet death in the Assembly's Ways and Means Committee.

Cahill had not attended a previous Hein press conference where the county executive and a host of local officials had attacked the assemblyman and warned of dire consequences if the 1 percent sales tax supplement was not extended for another two years.

The legislature also voted to approve a request for an increase in sales tax by 3/8 percent on an 10 - 4 vote with Meyers voting for it and the Republicans voting against the sales tax, preferring instead a 1/4 percent sales tax starting in 2013, after one year of a 3/8 percent tax.

The county takes the position that having granted the city and towns some $ 30 million a year in Safety Net and election expenses as agreed to under the 2014 1 percent sales tax extender deal, it needs money «to offset critical county expenses,» according to the joint release.

Overall, the 3.7 percent sales tax growth in this county in 2016 is the best we've seen in New York State.

«Let's be honest, the impact of the three - eighths of one percent sales tax decrease has been nearly imperceptible to the average family, but it has directly impacted our ability to provide better services to, and greater future investment in, that family,» Murphy said during his speech.

(Ulster County is technically authorized to levy a 3 percent sales tax alongside the state's 4 percent; the 1 percent extension was first enacted in 1993 and reauthorized by the legislature every other year.)

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, an association that represents most of Connecticut's towns and cities, is hoping a 1 percent sales tax increase will be part of any budget agreement reached by state lawmakers.

If they did say a million dollars in business, Ulster County, at its current 4 percent sales tax rate, would net something on the order of $ 40,000.

Was Cahill being serious or just mischievous in suggesting last week that Hein's ability to balance the budget, cut the tax levy and fund millions in new programs could indicate the 1 percent sales tax extension might not be necessary?

Tipping a dainty toe into once - roiling waters, Assemblyman Kevin Cahill was non-committal a month ago on whether he would sponsor legislation to extend Ulster County's 1 percent sales tax surcharge for another two years.

Of the total 8 percent sales tax levied in Ulster County, the state keeps half.

A twenty percent sales tax hike.

Since 2004, the state Legislature has authorized an extra 1 percent sales tax for Onondaga County.

The City of Denver recently voted to slap a new 5 percent tax on marijuana, on top of its own 15 percent excise tax and 10 percent sales tax.

A 3 percent sales tax on hotel and restaurant bills provides funds to promote tourism, but for the past several years a substantial portion of the take has been hoarded in bank accounts gathering interest for the state.

Forgoing the 6 percent to 10 percent sales tax on items like clothing, school supplies and select electronics can mean big savings for parents, but it also represents an opportunity for small businesses.

However, residents are hit by a high 8.91 percent sales tax.

The plan wipes clean the current tax system, and institutes a flat 9 percent sales tax, 9 percent business tax, and 9 percent income tax.

Suggesting the village, perhaps, doesn't do enough to capitalize, Holland mused that Frankfort ought to advertise its low rate via billboard in Orland Park, where shoppers pay 8.75 percent sales tax.

In Zimbabwe, income is generated for governments through the 17.5 percent sales tax on imported formula and a 10 percent import duty.

Gov. Charlie Baker is calling for a discussion about lowering the state's 6.25 percent sales tax, but he isn't offering any specifics.

Also at 10 a.m., Assemblyman Kevin Cahill and Ulster County Executive Mike Hein meet to try to settle their long - standing feud over extending the county's 4 percent sales tax.

He wants ESDC, the state's primary business aid agency, to review IDA incentive packages that include an exemption from the state's 4 percent sales tax.

Dutchess County Democrat Terry Gipson was one of only four state senators to vote against letting Ulster County reinstate its additional 1 percent sales tax.

The accord stems from what environmental advocates have called a «raiding» of a portion of the Drinking Water Protection Program, a quarter - percent sales tax that Suffolk voters have chosen to levy upon themselves through the year 2030.

S. 4159 also subjects ride - hailing service rides in upstate to a 2 percent tax and does not subject rides to the 4 percent sales tax, according to the press release.

Gipson, meanwhile, has criticized Serino for voting in the Dutchess County legislator to impose an energy tax that resulted in a short - lived 3.75 percent sales tax being imposed on all residential heating sources.

The deal hammered out by Noble and Hein ended a months - long standoff over how the county shares proceeds from the 4 percent it gets of the total 8 percent sales tax.

Member counties also pay a dedicated 0.25 percent sales tax to MTA.

At the same time, Cahill said the «revenue piece» — a 4 percent sales tax on individual hails — is still under discussion.

If Poloncarz's Republican opponent, Assemblyman Ray Walter, wins the election and gets his way, town and city governments will receive an average $ 166 per resident from the 8.75 percent sales tax — compared to the current $ 139.

He wants Empire State Development, the state's primary business aid agency, to review IDA incentive packages that include an exemption from the state's 4 percent sales tax.

Still, he said he has concerns about the House Democratic plan to close the projected $ 3.5 billion deficit over two years by hiking the current 6.35 percent sales tax.

Of the county's 8.75 percent sales tax rate, 4 percent goes to the state, and the remaining 4.75 percent is divided up among the county and its cities, towns and villages using a formula that depends on various factors including where the purchases are made.

Combined with the existing 4 - percent sales tax, marijuana sales could generate nearly $ 436 million in taxes for the state and $ 336 million for the city, Stringer's office found.

Purchases of footwear and clothing under $ 110 are currently exempt from the state's 4 percent sales tax.

The Senate bill would provide a lower tax on hails than what the governor has proposed: Cuomo would tax rides 5.5 percent, the Senate's bill places a 2 percent tax on hails while also not subjecting the service to a 4 percent sales tax.