Sentences with phrase «sale tax dollars»

«When we have additional sales tax dollars coming in, it takes the pressure off our property owners who are paying property taxes,» she said.

Mahoney says this project ultimately impacts the budget, noting that more and more of the county's spending is dependent on sales tax dollars fueled by projects like this.

Mahoney believes more visitors for a longer time means more sales tax dollars, which account for about two - thirds of the revenue in the Onondaga County budget.

«We figure it'll be summer or fall before you start seeing the signs that the projects are paid for with sales tax dollars.»

Generating more retail sales tax dollars is one of the biggest perks.

To clarify, change a sentence to: Local «GNP» could be the same (or worse) between the two time periods; it's just that the county is yanking sales tax dollars out of people's pockets at a higher RATE, when they DO buy something.

«If folks recognize that the things we need to plow our streets, pave our roads, our infrastructure is coming from sales tax more than property tax, you'll see that we have to focus on things that are going to generate sale tax dollars.»

«Retail sales is what really drives the city budget, and it's crucial to lure in those outside sales tax dollars,» says Garrett Newland, Chandler's economic development director.

The city worked with a local developer, Ray - 10 Development Co., to negotiate an incentive arrangement that involves sharing sales tax dollars with the developer to pay for infrastructure improvements.

A desire to increase sales tax dollars is the primary reason behind the city of Chandler's top three priorities — retail, retail and retail.

The increase puts an extra $ 2.6 million in county coffers, which rely more and more on sales tax dollars to keep the budget balanced.

«We've been able to leverage retail sales tax dollars to do other economic development projects, such as purchase land for a new industrial park,» Good says.

Generating more sales tax dollars is one of the few options a city has to increase revenues.

These sales tax dollars can really add up.

County commissioners approved a 19 - member oversight committee to monitor how the county spends its sales tax dollars.

Other risks, Maragos said, include $ 15.5 million sales tax dollars that may not be realized and $ 22.1 million in labor costs, such as overtime and termination costs, that are underfunded in the budget.

For Mahoney, pouring more money into entertainment venues like this is the way of the future, with a county budget that is largely dependent on sales tax dollars.

«It has been completed in substantial part, ahead of schedule, below budget, without using any property tax dollars, or sales tax dollars.

«Those sales tax dollars are funding our county operation.

One key difference, however, is that the Barefoot - Hise proposal would order traditional school systems to share myriad funds currently not accessible to charters, including gifts, sales tax dollars and federal grants and reimbursements, at least one pool of which is used to offset the costs of school lunch programs, even though many charters do not participate in such programs.

Today, Retail Chicago's emphasis is on recapturing those sales tax dollars that had previously been spent in the suburbs.