Fenix Counsel Group 4% Tax On Food
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Grocery shoppers in Phoenix might soon be more money for food.
Tuesday night, Phoenix City Council has introduced a tax of 2 per cent of food over next five years. Customers will pay an additional $ 2 for every $ 100 they are feeding.
Preliminary estimates indicate the tax 2 percent food could be up to 50 million additional revenue for the city.
There are a number of EU group called the 4 percent tax on food over the next two years to help you save more jobs and urban programs in this fiscal crisis.
“Could you and pay $ 4 more, including $ 104 instead of $ 100 for the purchase or if you prefer to keep the $ 4 and lose their after-school programs, having lost the (recreational) Center and also increased their tickets, “said Anne Malone, who heads the school hallway India – Citywide Coalition.
“IS (four per cent tax), we have created an increase in economic hiccup, we obtain, which gives us the opportunity to provide this important service,” said Will Buivydas, chief negotiator of the Phoenix Association enforcement.
The current draft city budget includes closing libraries, cutting and disposal of approximately 500 police officers and firefighters work. More than 1,300 jobs in the city while on the block, as the city tries to meet the deficit of 245 million dollar budget.
Some families were aboard Phoenix.
“You speak of the autism of my son – he must, music therapy, and it needs to maintain the safety of the community police. That’s what I’d do – (taxes) 2% or 4% of jobs to save these people, “said Ricky Garcia, who has a 5-year old son, who suffers from autism.
For others, the hard times already, without raising taxes.
Add a tax of 4 per cent on food, in particular, at present, only people who do not earn enough money, already wounded, “said Brady Delger who gave birth to two children in tow.
City spokesman said Mayor Phil Gordon was unavailable for an interview Wednesday.
Even if the council approved the extension to two per cent of tax provisions, the Council members still change their minds. City plans more than a dozen public meetings of the community’s response.
The final version will come into force takes place in early April.