... enough ability to be able to provide the essentials of life without being taxed on it." Of the 45 states that levy a general sales tax, only 15 tax food to be eaten at home, according to the Federation of Tax Administrators. Beebe said last week ...

... by cities and counties. Canada's bill would leave the local taxes on groceries. It would raise the state's general sales tax to 5 cent on a dollar. According to an economic estimate, the sales tax changes would save $177 annually for a ...

... each stop extolling his proposal to fix the worst stretches of interstate highways over five years -- without a general sales tax increase. Secretary of State Sharon Priest has predicted about 15 percent of the state's 1.48 million registered ...

... taxes and result in an automatic state sales tax increase. Proposed Amendment 2 doesn't mention that Arkansas' general sales tax will go up a half-penny if votes approve property tax breaks. Critics called it deception and asked the court ...

... directly relating to expansion be recovered? By fees assessed against those creating the cost to the city, or by a general sales tax increase on all? Who should pay the lion's share of these pass-through costs, a willing home buyer at his or ...

... voted against it. The fact is the vote had nothing to do with the tax on groceries, but rather was a vote on a general sales tax increase to create the Education Excellence Trust Fund. Yes, the sales tax included groceries when the vote was ...

... budget anticipates $188 million in new revenue for schools -- from economic growth and a five-eighths percent general sales tax increase the governor proposed last week -- but none to address specific findings in the state Supreme Court decision ...

... revenue is flat, we can't do anything else." According to city financial projections, revenues for the one-cent general sales tax are to be more than $300,000 less than last year. The sales tax revenue was $7.7 million in 2001, compared ...

... departments, including fire, police and sanitation departments, would be cut. A $300,000 reduction in the one-cent general sales tax collections -- a first such reduction since the tax was adopted in 1981 -- prompted the request cuts, Townsell ...

... department," he said, adding that shortfalls in the general sales tax and a lagging economy helped determine what could ... because of a $300,000 reduction in the one-cent general sales tax collections -- a first such reduction since the tax ...