Morning report: noisy roads, marijuana and sales taxes
The paper this morning updated a few ongoing stories.
Legislators want the DOT to rethink how the agency does noise mitigation. This is especially key if the state builds a four-land highway outside your bedroom window.
This story covers more on Rep. Earl Jones' medical marijuana proposal. (Previously)
Finally, this story details how an odd sales tax ruling by the Department of Revenue could hurt the High Point furniture market. From the story:
But over the past few years, the Department of Revenue has decided that if someone buys a piece of furniture or even just a knickknack from a designer, all the services that designer provided to that customer should be taxed at the same rate.That change threatens one of the fastest growing aspects of the furniture market in High Point, which hosts a semiannual trade show as well as a growing year-round trade.
"It is difficult in just working through this because if you sold a $10 lamp and $50,000 in design services you have to pay taxes on the whole $50,000...but that's our interpretation," Revenue Secretary Reginald Hinton told the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday.
Click here to listen to testimony from Brian Casey, with the market authority, and interior designer Susan Carson from Winston-Salem. And click here to listen to Sec. Reginald S. Hinton testify and committee discussion on this bill. (This second bit is way long, but if you're into this topic, there you go.)
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