No more being financially strapped.....no more cutting to the bone....The Big County is flush starting tomorrow as the largest tax hike in county history takes effect. It's a 33% hike in the local sales tax from 3% to 4%. Combined with the 4% the state grabs, St. Lawrence County leaves the shrinking list of 7% counties and merchants are now asked to grab 8% on purchases.
That adds a couple or three hundred dollars on an auto purchase.
Neighboring Jefferson County has been at 7.75% for some time, and as we have seen once the money is absorbed within a few years its back to property tax hikes and talk of "tough" budgets and being "strapped."
In the land of a school superintendent every five miles, the beast must be fed.
Watertown Daily Times | St. Lawrence County’s increased sales tax kicks in Sunday
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