Topic: Sales Tax

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   California Gov. Jerry Brown proposes $8.3 billion in cuts to close $15.7 billion deficit

   • May 14, 2012

   the state sales tax and collect higher income taxes on those... a cent sales tax ... The sales tax increase would last four years while the income taxes on the wealthy would be raised for...

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1. Governor Jerry Brown eyes more cuts as California's deficit swells

   • May 14, 2012
   • DESERTSUN

   the state sales tax and collect higher income taxes on those... a cent sales tax ... The sales tax increase would last four years while the income taxes on the wealthy would be raised for...

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   Palm Springs City Council OKs cannabis facility

   • May 08, 2012
   • DESERTSUN

   Hutcheson then suggested that the council look into applying a sales tax on medical marijuana. Mills also mentioned concern about having a'' concentrated area'' of medical...

3. Measure J panel a mix of experience

   • May 04, 2012
   • DESERTSUN

   Measure J, the 1 percentage-point tax increase that brought the Palm Springs sales tax to 8.75 percent on April 1, is projected to generate a total of $200 million by 2037....

4. 26 finalists on Measure J oversight panel list

   • May 01, 2012
   • DESERTSUN

   the new sales tax ... The one percentage point sales tax increase will generate about $200 million over 25 years. Of that amount, $43 million is going toward the Desert Fashion...

5. Finalists for Measure J committee announced

   • Apr 30, 2012
   • DESERTSUN

   the new sales tax ... The one percentage point sales tax increase will generate about $200 million over 25 years. Of that amount, $43 million is going to improving the Desert...

6. Palm Springs’ Measure J Oversight Committee to epand to nine people

   • Apr 23, 2012
   • DESERTSUN

   The city recently interviewed about 45 people for the committee, which will oversee the use of revenue generated by a sales tax ... Measure J funds public infrastructure improvements and bankrolled a $43 million investment in a downtown shopping center by raising the city's sales tax ...

7. Influential crowd eyes Whitewater path idea

   • Apr 24, 2012
   • DESERTSUN

   A handful of influential civic leaders who convinced Palm Springs voters to raise the sales tax and pressured county officials to shelve plans for a 7,200-bed jail are now...

8. Palm Springs Measure J Oversight Commission expanded, final selection to come

   • Apr 20, 2012
   • DESERTSUN

   The Measure J Oversight Commission is expected to closely watch how the additional funds from the sales tax ... Measure J, the 1 percentage-point tax increase that bumped Palm Springs' sales tax ...

9. Valley Voice: Michelle Steel

   • Apr 13, 2012
   • DESERTSUN

   Use tax is owed on actual purchases for which sales tax ... The vast majority of retail sales are still made at brick-and-mortar stores, which collect sales tax ... When you file your income taxes, simply calculate the sales tax ...

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