If groceries became exempt from sales tax and the sales tax rate went to 6% in the summer, the city’s finance director has estimated that local households would on average save, a summer visitor would pay about $1 extra, and the city would lose about half a million dollars in revenue.
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As budget deficit looms, Juneau Assembly eyes tax breaks
With another year of multimillion dollar budget deficits on the horizon, the Juneau Assembly is reviewing the city’s 37 sales and property tax exemptions.