Taxes Shmaxes
North Carolina voters put the smackdown on new tax plans Tuesday, rejecting 27 of 32 proposals to raise land-transfer or sales taxes.
All the transfer tax proposals were rejected, and many went down hard. Voters in Catawba, Martin, Pitt, Sampson and Surry counties passed sales-tax referendums.
The scorecard from the N.C. Association of County Commissioners.
More on the transfer tax from the N&O.
Guilford commissioners have been especially cool to the transfer tax idea, but it's conceivable that a sales-tax referendum could reach voters as early as May. Commissioners will discuss all this at a work session on Thursday.
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Given the choice, it seems counties might opt for a sales-tax referendum, gambling on the chance of a victory instead of a sure loser.
Posted on November 8, 2007 5:01 PM
Maybe they would be better off, trying to spend the taxpayers money wisely. Naw, not a chance.
Posted on November 15, 2007 6:27 AM