City explores local sales tax
February 14, 2012 at 6:00 pm in Alexandria Echo Press
The Alexandria City Council is exploring the idea of enacting a local sales tax.
City Administrator Jim Taddei broached the topic at Monday night’s council meeting as a way of dealing with cuts in local government aid (LGA).
Taddei said that based on information from the state, the city was expecting to receive the same amount of LGA this year that it received last year. Continue Reading
It’s not mentioned whether the projected increased tax proceeds include any negative impact of the added sales tax. To simply project 2% of 2011 sales is short-sighted at best. I wouldn’t have nearly the problem with this idea if it were proposed to fund a specific project with a known sunset. A local sales tax used for operating expenses is nothing more than a perpetual tax. A better mechanism for this is the property tax but I suppose because they’ve already bled that turnip they feel the need to get creative.
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I agree, Mac.
Sounds like a great way to drive local shoppers away.
And considering all the retired elderly in Alexandria on fixed incomes…?
Hot debate. What do you think?
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