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Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Tourist tax in disguise
By increasing the tourist-season sales tax rate from 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent (a 15 percent increase) and then reducing the off-season sales tax rate from 6.5 percent to 5.5 percent (a 15 percent reduction) will have the net effect of refunding to annual residents their increased tourist-season sales tax payments.
The 30 percent sales tax differential between the off-season and the tourist season is a tourist tax in disguise.
Bruce Warner
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