TAXS * USA - RTA endorses sales tax plan for trains, buses
Milwaukee,WI,USA -The Milwaukee Small Business Times -November 10, 2008: -- The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Transit Authority (RTA) Board today approved a recommendation for a sales tax of up to 0.5 percent in Milwaukee County, Kenosha County and eastern Racine County to pay for the Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee (KRM) commuter rail service and local bus services... The RTA board's vote comes less than a week after Milwaukee County voters approved an advisory referendum to raise the county sales tax by 1 percent and shift the burden of funding for parks, recreation, culture programs, transit services and public safety from the property tax rolls... The RTA's recommendation will now be sent to Gov. Jim Doyle and the state Legislature, which would have to approve any sales tax increase...
Labels: fees and taxes
posted by Unknown @ 10:48 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home