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No Joke: April 1st Brings Double Digit Sales Tax To Several East Bay Towns
CBS San Francisco ^ | CBS

Posted on 04/01/2015 7:25:30 AM PDT by Reeses

As of Wednesday it is more expensive to shop in parts of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

Buy something in Hayward and you’re going to get whacked with a 10% sales tax. Take a few steps outside the city limits and the tax is a half cent cheaper.

“A sales tax could scare businesses,” said Jessica Cuevas of 25 25 Vintage. “If it keeps increasing the way it does, it could have a negative effect on Hayward.”

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Soon, sales tax could go even higher. There’s a bill in the legislature that would allow cities to add one percent to their sales tax.

(Excerpt) Read more at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; salestax; taxes
New city taxes are great for the conservative cause! All Republicans should advocate and support them. Cities should be given total freedom to raise taxes all they want. Give a libtard enough big gov rope and they will hang themselves.
1 posted on 04/01/2015 7:25:30 AM PDT by Reeses
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To: Reeses

Imagine the sales tax burden in NYC??

where would di blasio STOP??


2 posted on 04/01/2015 7:27:01 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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The Mayor cannot raise the city sales tax - that is under the control of the state legislature in NY.


3 posted on 04/01/2015 7:30:40 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: Reeses

Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of homosexual Marxists.


4 posted on 04/01/2015 7:32:15 AM PDT by Dr. Thorne (The night is far spent, the day is at hand.- Romans 13:12)
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To: MeshugeMikey
where would di blasio STOP??

As always: in bankruptcy court. But he needs to time the financial meltdown carefully.


5 posted on 04/01/2015 7:37:34 AM PDT by Reeses
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I'm a 30 minute drive from two huge malls in New Hampshire.No sales tax.All my big purchases over the last 5 years or so (several plasma TVs,several really nice laptops,two really nice cameras,etc) have been sales tax free either thanks to New Hampshire,Amazon or a couple of big NYC electronics stores.

Of course I'm required to report all such purchases on my state income tax return...and pay tax on them...and I *promise* that I do *exactly* that! ;-)

6 posted on 04/01/2015 7:37:51 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obama;A Low Grade Intellect With Even Lower Morals)
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Thank you.


7 posted on 04/01/2015 7:51:11 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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People still unemployed, economy is still in a mess and these morons want to raise more taxes.


8 posted on 04/01/2015 8:15:59 AM PDT by Patriot Babe
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I purchased a new motorcycle in California while still a resident of Idaho (unchanged since June 2001). The dealer is compelled to use the sales tax rate at your California residential address for the tax rate. In my case, that worked to my advantage. I sent the MCOA cert to Idaho to have the vehicle titled and registered. I paid the Idaho rate.

At a later time, I purchased a used Harley from a private seller. It was already registered in CA. I was assessed an arbitrary CA sales tax of 8.5% by DMV since I didn't have a permanent CA address. I had to purchase CA specific insurance to register as well.

The staff at El Cajon Harley had many customers from the city of San Diego that were taken aback that they could not avail themselves of the lower sales tax rate in El Cajon vs purchasing from a dealer inside the city of San Diego.

I noticed early on that the Borders bookstores (when they were in business) had different tax rates based on city location. That influenced my choice of stores to patronize. Lower taxes win if the goods were in stock.

9 posted on 04/01/2015 8:47:22 AM PDT by Myrddin
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Government will not stop until it is starved...or we become a Communist nation where there is no private property or business.

Government must eat and they only have one way of feeding themselves, taxation for their own benefit.


10 posted on 04/01/2015 9:30:57 AM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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What is a sales tax?
-Oregon Resident
11 posted on 04/01/2015 10:48:28 AM PDT by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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