Comments on: Your formerly two cents’ worth

By: Not a list we want to be at the top of : Oklahomans For Responsible Government

Not a list we want to be at the top of : Oklahomans For Responsible Government — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:30:23 +0000

[...] hat tip to the Dustbury blog for linking to this Tax Foundation posting that ranks states based on the average state and local [...]

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:12:11 +0000

Fairbanks-area we-know-better types have been pushing for a sales tax for years (among other things) and it’s yet another of those things they’re just going to keep losing on.

It’s hard to imagine an average local sales tax up there of 1.13% without Anchorage’s participation. I was only there once (not counting the airport), in 1996, and don’t remember whether there was a sales tax then or not.

By: CGHill

CGHill — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:18:54 +0000

Voters in Fairbanks and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough rejected sales taxes this month; I don't think one came up for consideration in Anchorage. Wasilla has a 2.5-percent tax, with a $12.50 cap: no single transaction can be taxed at greater than $12.50.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:38:01 +0000

(Four states — New Hampshire, Delaware, Oregon, and Montana — get by with no sales tax at all.)

Alaska would be on that list were it not for local levies — though I’m pretty sure the 4% charged by the City of North Pole doesn’t affect enough sales to account for all of that 1.13% shown on the map. There must be a sales tax in Anchorage, where probably most of the retail activity in Alaska, in terms of dollars, almost certainly takes place.

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:17:40 +0000

I believe that locally, we’re at 9.125% now. And there’s talk of another quarter or half percent for…I forget what it was now they claimed it would do but I guess it’s coming up for a vote this fall. (At any rate, it wasn’t something I’m slavering to pay an additional penny or so per gallon of milk to have).