As a result of a decrease in energy costs and weakening of the Canadian dollar,
sales tax revenue continues to decline which creates significant challenges for the county's budget.
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Sales tax revenues continue to be impacted by lower prices at the pump.»
Not exact matches
Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive
revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy;
tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future
sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to
continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.
The initial costs to communities affected by natural disasters can be great; however, after a natural disaster there is usually a surge of economic activity that
continues for an extended period as people and communities rebuild and money and workers flow into the area — increasing income
tax and
sales tax revenues to municipalities.
The financial foundation of Oneida County
continues to strengthen thanks to a steady and increasing stream of
revenue from the Oneida Nation's gaming earnings and
sales tax collection.
As the economy
continues its tenuous recovery,
sales tax collections could vary either way for local governments and is generally a more volatile source of
revenue.»
Despite the Astorino administration's commitment to maintaining the same level of services and staff, the county
continues to grapple with increasingly stark
revenue shortfalls, which it attributes to underperforming
sales tax revenues and lower gas and energy prices.
Sales tax continues to be the biggest source of
revenue for the county at an estimated $ 117.6 million, up 2 percent.
Continues a Two - year Plan to Address County and State Budget Reductions: The County's budget addresses a significant fall off in
sales tax revenue and other local
revenue directly related to the financial and economic downturn in the U.S. and many other countries.
The cost of medical insurance also
continues to rise, while
revenue from the
sales tax and real estate transfer
tax is less than previous years.
The candidate said she voted in the Legislature for and
continues to support
revenue sharing of
sales tax money for public safety.
We can not
continue to spend more and more each and every year without justification, especially in light of the County's ever - increasing obligations to ECMC, as well as the
continuing decline of
sales tax revenue.
The proposal includes significant «mandatory spending, which would fund a specific program using
revenue generated by the
sale of a government asset, such as oil in the strategic petroleum reserve, or a particular
tax or license fee,» Mervis
continued.
A marathon debate over education funding
continues in Ohio, where school groups are already divided over a May 5 ballot measure that proposes hiking the state
sales tax by 1 cent in order to raise
revenue for schools.
House Legal Counsel Balasa has
continued to provide assistance to state societies and local chapters on questions involving bylaws, parliamentary procedure, suspected or actual misappropriation of funds, record retention, obtaining an Employer Identification Number / Taxpayer Identification Number (EIN / TIN), incorporation, responding to questions from the Internal
Revenue Service, and the ineligibility of states and chapters for state
sales tax exemption.
Legal Counsel Balasa has
continued to provide assistance to state societies and local chapters on questions involving bylaws, parliamentary procedure, suspected or actual misappropriation of funds, records retention, obtaining an Employer Identification Number / Taxpayer Identification Number (EIN / TIN), incorporation, responding to questions from the Internal
Revenue Service, and the ineligibility of states and chapters for state
sales tax exemption.
House Legal Counsel Balasa has
continued to provide assistance to state societies and local chapters on questions involving bylaws, parliamentary procedure, suspected or actual misappropriation of funds, records retention, obtaining an Employer Identification Number / Taxpayer Identification Number (EIN / TIN), incorporation, responding to questions from the Internal
Revenue Service, and the ineligibility of states and chapters for state
sales tax exemption.