Minnesota
Related: About this forumSince when is sales tax 8.025%?
It used to be 7.5% (or close to it)
I happened to look at a receipt from COSTCO and this caught me eye.
I don't do much shopping of taxable items and if so, the amount is just added, without spelling the percentage.

Skittles
(162,179 posts)
sometimes the actual state sales tax is less, but the town itself adds more tax
progree
(11,602 posts)Last edited Mon May 22, 2023, 03:05 AM - Edit history (2)
0.50% for transit and roads, and 0.25% for housing. To provide a stable source of income with the most regressive of the major taxes.
Oh, it looks like Golden Valley is going to add a 0.25% city sales tax -- its first sales tax. So with that added to the metro area sales tax increase, Golden Valley will see a whole percentage point increase.
The last time I checked, about 5 years ago, consumption taxes and income taxes in MN were about the same dollar amount.
But people keep saying, oh, it's just a fraction of a penny on the dollar when talking about increases like 0.75%.
And then they keep adding a $6/month household tax on each of our utility bills - which is pretty close to a head tax. It was $2/month not too long ago.
(I got the New Hope number because I was at HyVees Monday, and the receipt shows the percentage they charge on non-food items like toothpaste).
Edited to add: Looking at another recent receipt, The sales tax in Golden Valley is also 7.525%.
ProudMNDemocrat
(19,456 posts)Which were approved by the voters, such as additional monies for Bus Service and Schools. Rochester has both that are quite good.
When I was living in Rochester, combined City and County add on taxes brought the rate to 8.125%. I charged that rate for Alteration services.
Now in Eden Prairie, the rate is lower. EP owns the City Liquor stores and the Sales Taxes stay local.