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Old 03-01-2008, 07:28 PM
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Default Re: Sales Tax Rates - NOT insignificant

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Originally Posted by bornhere View Post
You probably already know this, but in Oklahoma, cities can only get operating money from sales tax. They can use sales tax for other things as well, but the operating funds are required to come from sales tax. It's almost the reverse of the Oregon situation.
I actually didn't. And, since this is a great website where people know things, I'm going to show my ignorance and ask: Does this explain why our sales tax is higher? Because the city doesn't have access to other monies that cities in other states might?
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