As we look toward August, ICSC continues to expect the overall outlook to remain positive as additional states begin to offer their sales-tax holidays, which will continue to help spur customer traffic over the coming weeks,
Quotes about sales-tax (4 Quotes)
The reason this December shortfall won't be a shock to the 2006 budget is because the projected sales-tax numbers for December had been adjusted during the year to be more conservative. This was about what we expected.
No Tax will act as a focal point for opposition to both the increase and the unnecessary cost being placed on the community by the special election. Benton County already has one of the highest sales-tax rates in the country, and it makes absolutely no sense to add to that burden when there are viable alternatives, especially since the sales tax hits the middle class and working people the hardest.
If you took the sales-tax deduction instead of the income-tax deduction when you itemized, then your state income-tax refund would not be taxable.