July 27, 2016

Christian Science Monitor: Are sales tax holidays good for anyone?

“But as the Washington-based research organization Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) points out, no new states introduced tax holidays this year. In fact several states have reduced or canceled theirs recently.”

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