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Thursday, April 22, 1965 University Daily Kansan
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Sales Tax Rise To Start May 1
TOPEKA—(UPI)—Kansans will start paying the new three-cent sales tax May 1, starting the scale at one cent on a 15-cent purchase. The scale presently starts at 17 cents.
The tax, raised from $21_{2}$ to 3 cents by the 1965 Legislature, was expected to net the state an additional $18.4 million annually.
Wayne E. McCoy, state revenue director, said the new scale was adopted by his department late Tuesday. It is based on retail sales experience to make it easier for merchants to compute.
Mccoy said some states start the 3 per cent collection as low as 10 cents, such as Florida and North Carolina as of 1962.
From there it will be 2 cents from
40 to 70 cents and 3 cents from .70
to $1.15. Running upward, the buyer
will pay 4 cents from $1.15 to $1.45.
5 cents from $1.45 to $1.84, 3 cents
from $1.84 to $2.17 and 7 cents from
$2.17 to $2.50.
The 15-cent bracket runs to 40 cents.
On $5 the tax will be 15 cents, 30
cents on $10, 60 cents on $20 and 90
cents on $30.
McCoy said the department is now printing the new scale and it will be mailed to some 50,000 retailers in the next few days. He said additional information on collection would follow.
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- Commencement details
Class gift to be voted on
Announcement of next Senior Party
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