Sales Tax Revenue and General Fund Down Drastically in Mobile

Mobile's Director of Finance is concerned. Barbara Malkove says online shopping is taking away crucial sales tax revenue from the Port City.

Click here to read the full story.

All postings and submissions are subject to the Newport Television Terms of Use Agreement. By posting your submission, you agree that you have carefully reviewed these terms and conditions and agree to be bound therein.

You will be solely responsible for your submissions and the consequences of posting or publishing them. Newport reserves the right to decide whether a submission is appropriate and complies with its Terms of Use Agreement. Newport may remove any submission, without prior notice, for violations of the Terms of Use Agreement, including but not limited to submissions that are pornographic, obscene, indecent, defamatory, or otherwise inappropriate for public viewing.

Post a Comment

Enter the words shown above Enter the numbers you hear

Comments

Surfacing - 1/23/2013 4:41 PM

1 Vote

Report User

Dear Mr. William Carroll: It is not surprising that you would look to the Federal and State governments for help while ignoring the reality that higher tax rates lead to lower revenue. If 10% is not enough why not 12% or 15%? Will you never learn?

Alabama Eagle - 1/23/2013 1:24 PM

1 Vote

Report User

Speaking for myself, as well as for probably hundreds more, I have stopped buying anything within the Mobile city limits unless I absolutely have to. This is primarily because of the high sales taxes, as well as the crime rate that never seems to abate. Mobile doesn't seem to have enough police officers on patrol to keep their cars constantly visible, so criminals take advantage of that. At some periods of the day, it may be possible to spot several cars, but not all of the time.

This site is hosted and managed by Inergize Digital.
Mobile advertising for this site is available on Local Ad Buy.