NOT MY TOWN!
The newly-elected mayor forgot to issue a reason with his veto and since the town council voted for it, WE NOW HAVE INCREASED MEALS TAXES HERE!
Yaaaaaayyy!
"Most localities resist the call of the tax hike; Just a fraction raise levy on rooms, meals" by David Abel, Globe Staff | September 1, 2009
Fewer than 10 percent of the state’s cities and towns have voted to raise their restaurant or hotel taxes, forgoing tens of millions of dollars in potential revenue but holding down prices for consumers.
See who doesn't matter at the end there?
That's TAX-PAYING CONSUMER, mind you.
Municipalities had to vote and inform the state Department of Revenue by yesterday if they planned to raise their restaurant and meal taxes this year. During the summer, the Legislature voted to allow municipalities to raise restaurant taxes from 6.25 percent to 7 percent and hotel taxes from 4 percent to as much as 6 percent, as of Oct. 1, as a way to cover local budget deficits.
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State officials said that if the 351 towns and cities increased their taxes, they stood collectively to raise an additional $58 million annually in restaurant taxes and more than $33 million a year in hotel taxes.
Yeah, EVERYBODY RAISE TAXES!!!
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Yeah, what about that dough?
But as of late yesterday afternoon, only 25 had voted to increase their restaurant taxes and only 29 approved the hotel tax hike, leaving about $50 million in potential tax revenue untapped....
ASSUMING THEIR PREDICTIONS are true, which they never are!
"state revenues continue to plunge, falling below even the direst projections"
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