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Double digit sales tax may replace property taxes

   December 18, 2006

thinkingSo you are angry over your property tax bill? Would you rather pay more sales tax? Hmmm, how about 7.5 percent more – from the current state rate of 6% to 13.5%?

That’s one of the controversial options recommended by a governor-appointed task force last week. Not sure the impact on county property appraiser and tax collector offices. If they were eliminated, county would save $10 million annually.
But would it hurt tourism and place to big a burden on the poor who already have trouble making ends meet?

Read St. Pete Times story here.

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