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City's sales tax goal criticized.

Publication: Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)
Date: Thursday, March 3 2005

Byline: Tiffany Ray

Mar. 3--A proposal to reduce Montgomery's 10-percent sales-tax rate to 9.5 percent earned mixed reviews from some local business owners Wednesday.

Some of them questioned whether such a small decrease could make much difference in competing with lower-tax shopping destinations.

In a meeting Tuesday, city and county officials discussed reducing the sales-tax burden by at least 0.5 percent, possibly offsetting the revenue loss with a property tax increase. They established a commission to examine the issue.

Lee Ann Tu

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