Many local governments fear increasing their local sales tax rate (or even adopting a local sales...
Many local governments fear increasing their local sales tax rate (or even adopting a local sales tax at all) because of the impact of the tax on the local economy. What would you say about those concerns to the officials of a community considering such a tax option?
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Ans. Increasing the local sales tax rate can discourage work , savings and Investment in the economy. This can further lead to a decrease in the demand of the products because the burden of those taxes would ultimately be borne by the consumers. Hence the negative effects of such tax option would be more.
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under
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statement for the current year is as follows:
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$9,185,400
Cost of goods sold
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Expenses:
Selling expenses
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Total expenses
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