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.
Not exact matches
The Independent Budget Office came up with the figures in response to questions raised by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, after Mayor de Blasio began prodding Albany to approve an
added 2.5
percent tax on
sales of homes in the city for $ 2 million and up.
Most of the extensions
add a percentage point to the existing
sales taxes collected by the counties, bringing the total to 4
percent.
As an example, the IPA writes, «In Kenya, a 16 -
percent VAT (value
added tax) rate imposed in 2013 has caused nationwide book
sales to fall 35
percent, driven down public school performances, and ushered in an era in which pirated textbooks now outsell their legitimate counterparts.»
The gain on the
sale of this stock is 50
percent excludable for regular
tax purposes, but 7
percent of the excluded gain is
added back for AMT purposes.
Then H&M, in its nine - month report, noted that it expected September
sales to increase by just 1.0
percent, including the value -
added tax (VAT).