Topic: Sales Tax

DesertSun Articles

  1. Our Voice: California budget deal good news for valley schools

    • Jun 13, 2013
    • DESERTSUN

    The sales tax lasts four years and the income tax on the wealthy lasts seven years. There are signs of a stronger state economy, but it's a slow recovery. We're pleased that...

  2. Highway 111 repaving project to begin in July

    • Jun 05, 2013
    • DESERTSUN

    Palm Desert is using grants and other funding sources to pay for the project, including Measure A funds, a half-cent sales tax voters approved in 1988 for road work.'' No city...

  3. Thumbs up: Bicycle racks can be art

    • May 31, 2013
    • DESERTSUN

    The city has 31 miles of bikeways and plans to expand to more than 80 miles, using money from the Measure J sales tax increase. Each winning artist will receive $5,000 for the...

  4. Shoppers boost Coachella Valley cities' tax revenue

    • May 12, 2013
    • DESERTSUN

    The city touted a strong quarter at the end of 2012, when sales tax ... Along with a better local employment rate, Daniels said the upswing in sales tax ... HdL reported in April that cities could expect to see sales tax ...

  5. Our Voice: Sales tax on out-of-state retailers is long overdue

    • May 07, 2013
    • DESERTSUN

    By a 69 - 27 vote, senators approved the Marketplace Fairness Act, which requires that sales tax ... The state missed out on $1.9 billion in uncollected sales tax in 2012,...

  6. Riverside County solar fee cut in 4-1 supervisor vote

    • May 21, 2013
    • DESERTSUN

    Sales tax ... 2011: Solar developers had to provide a letter of credit equal to estimated annual sales tax ... 2013: No letter of credit; solar permits or agreements will include language ensuring county receives sales tax ...

  7. Walmart Neighborhood Market coming to Palm Desert

    • May 14, 2013
    • DESERTSUN

    The city's primary income is sales tax revenue. In the last year, Palm Desert has become home to the Coachella Valley's first Red Lobster. The valley's first Nordstrom Rack...

  8. Palm Springs eyes desert-friendly median makeover

    • May 14, 2013
    • DESERTSUN

    Measure J is a one percentage point sales tax increase approved by voters in 2011 to help pay for redevelopment projects. The landscape plan for Tahquitz Canyon Way features...

  9. Palm Desert officials revisit idea to annex nearby areas

    • May 09, 2013
    • DESERTSUN

    Previous analysis has found that providing the same services and standards in these unincorporated areas as in the rest of Palm Desert would cost the city millions more than it would get back in sales tax ...

  10. Web retailers add sales tax

    • Sep 16, 2012
    • DESERTSUN

    Before... Internet retailers were given an unfair advantage over physical stores who had to charge sales tax ... The changeover ends years of bitter back and forth between Amazon and California's Legislature over whether Internet retailers should charge sales tax ...

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