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Hurricane Season Starts Soon, As Do Sales Tax Holidays

24 May 2009

The beginning of summer often means cookouts, trips to the shore and camping. For many (including my parents), it also means the beginning of hurricane season.
Hurricane season begins June 1 and lasts through the end of October. Thankfully, NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) forecasters predict a nearly normal Atlantic hurricane season for [...]

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Forget the Fat Tax: Let’s Tax Drug Works

23 December 2008

Governon Paterson raised quite a stir after he suggested a “fat tax” to raise revenue combat obesity. But that may not be the most controversial local tax measure to make news this December. Rep. Darryl Rouson, a Democrat from St. Petersburg, Florida, has proposed House Bill 99 to add a “surtax of 5 [...]

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Election Results: State Tax Legislation

5 November 2008

It was a historic day on yesterday with the election of President Elect Barack Obama. It’s almost easy to forget that there were other elections and ballot issues to consider but voters in some states faced a laundry list of issues. Among those were several state tax measures, including:
In Arkansas: Voters supported [...]

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Got duct tape?

8 June 2007

When I first moved to Philadelphia, I used to describe the area that I grew up in as “that place that they report from on the Weather Channel during hurricane season.” That’s because I hail from Hampstead, NC, just a few miles north of Wilmington, NC, which is sort of a hurricane magnet.
But even [...]

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