Cities Ratchet Up Sales Taxes

The Vertex Sales Tax Report found that 485 U. S. cities increased their sales tax rate, with about 300 increasing an existing tax and the rest adding a new city sales tax. Small communities saw the biggest increases but a number of larger cities such as Phoenix and St. Louis also added to their sales tax. Taxpayers in Colorado, Missour, Texas and Washington were particularly likely to see their city raise taxes. By contrast, South Carolina was the only state to raise its sales tax.

The seemingly insatiable desire for new taxes obviously exists at the local as well as federal level. One can only hope that citizens are getting their money's worth for the extra amounts taken from their pockets.