Taxation is very vexatious for me!
Under Tenn law, cities and counties can levy up to a 2.75 percent local option sales tax. The local option in Blount stands at 2.25 percent. Currently the sales tax rate in Blount County is at 9.25 percent. If passed by the voters of Blount County, the referendum would raise this rate to 9.75 percent. The sales tax on a $100 purchase would increase 50 cents from $9.25 to $9.75. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.