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Tempe meeting to focus on proposed property tax rate hike
Tempe meeting to focus on proposed property tax rate hike
Tempe is proposing a 39-cent per $100 assessed valuation property tax rate increase.
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Lower rate helps family offset property-tax hike
Lower rate helps family offset property-tax hike
Bracing for a property-tax increase expected to boost their monthly payments by $300, Ellen and Robert Bachner figured refinancing their loan to take advantage of historically low interest rates would save them some cash. And it worked. On Thursday, the Bachners closed on a 20-year mortgage with a lower — 4.375 percent — interest rate that kept their monthly payment on their Lombard split …
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Japan govt support drops amid sales tax hike debate
Japan govt support drops amid sales tax hike debate
TOKYO: Support for new Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s government fell ahead of an election next month as voters appeared divided over the premier’s call to debate a future sales tax hike, surveys showed on Monday, June 21.But the ruling Democratic Party, which swept to power last year, kept its lead over its main opposition rival ahead of an upper house election on July 11, which the party …
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Kan. House passes sales tax hike, sends it to gov.
Kan. House passes sales tax hike, sends it to gov.
An increase in Kansas’ sales tax cleared the Legislature early Tuesday morning, a change that will force consumers to pay more for groceries and other items to protect public schools and government services from cuts.
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Kansas Senate passes $314 million sales tax hike
Kansas Senate passes $314 million sales tax hike
See how metro area Senators voted below the storyTOPEKA | The Kansas Senate passed a 1-cent state sales tax increase Thursday night to bail out the state’s budget.The state sales tax, levied on food, clothing and most other purchases, would go from 5.3 percent to 6.3 percent July 1 under the legislation. It has yet to be considered by the House.The increase would raise $314 million a year …
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King County’s sales-tax hike justified by public-safety needs
King County’s sales-tax hike justified by public-safety needs
King County is seeking a two-tenths of a cent increase in the sales tax, a tough call in a recession. But the public-safety services that would be lost are so troubling it does make sense to ask voters if they want to help. The county is getting its house in order.
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Ehrlich backs repeal of sales tax hike
Ehrlich backs repeal of sales tax hike
Former Republican governor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is using an alternative economic approach to anchor his campaign to take back the State House, promising to repeal the 2007 increase in the sales tax and incorporate the ideas of small business owners.
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Planet Election Guide: Property tax hike
Planet Election Guide: Property tax hike
In an era of steep revenue declines, the Telluride Town Council is asking voters to consider a 3 mil property tax increase that would pay for street maintenance, snow removal, curb and gutter projects and paving.
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