The Advocate: Local governments, businesses say consumers sour when sale taxes hit ‘double-digit ceiling’
media mention“For a worker who earns between $19,000 and $37,000 a year, he or she will pay an average of $210 more dollars in sales tax dollars for a 1 percent sales tax increase, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. For someone who earns between $103,000 and $209,000 a year, the average tax change will be $567. “Sales taxes are generally thought of as a regressive tax because even though everyone pays the same rate, people with lower income pay a higher percentage of their income than people larger incomes,” said Jan Moller, director of the Louisiana Budget Project, a nonprofit that advocates for low- to moderate-income families.”