SACRAMENTO, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, struggling to close a growing budget gap, Thursday proposed increasing and extending the sales tax.
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, meeting privately with lawmakers, suggested raising the sales tax to balance the California budget, the Los Angeles Times reports.
CHICAGO, July 1 (UPI) -- Chicago earned a national distinction Tuesday by having the highest sales tax rate of any municipality in the country, observers said.
NEW DELHI, June 25 (UPI) -- Indian states have deferred the decision to revise a sales tax on aviation turbine fuel, seeking fresh details from the federal government.
NEW DELHI, June 6 (UPI) -- India has asked all its states to lower taxes on fuels to share the burden of a recent hike in fuel prices.
WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) -- U.S. presidential hopefuls and lawmakers in several states are calling for suspension of gasoline taxes but it's unclear if such action would benefit drivers.
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Oregonians shook off a $12 million advertising blitz by tobacco companies and tax opponents and turned down an 85-cent-a-pack cigarette tax hike Tuesday.
CHICAGO, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Chicago's city council, seeking to reduce waste and return consumers to using tap water, is proposing a 10-cent tax on every plastic water bottle sold.
OAK PARK, Ill., Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Overseas markets have boosted McDonald's Corp. third-quarter earnings to 83 cents a share -- well above the 77 cents analysts had predicted.
NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Rapper 50 Cent says he is not prepared to concede his personal contest with fellow U.S. entertainer Kayne West over sales of their newly released CDs.
WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- A report from a state highway association calls for an increase in the federal gas tax to meet the repair needs of the U.S. interstate highway system.
PHOENIX, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- A misplaced decimal point on next month's Arizona ballot could cost early-childhood and health programs millions of dollars in lost revenue.
NEW YORK, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. chain store sales in August rose 2.9 percent over year-earlier levels, thanks to sales tax holidays, better weather and lower gasoline costs.
LONDON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A bi-partisan British parliamentary committee has proposed raising the road tax on gas-guzzling vehicles by up to $3,150 a year.
BOSTON, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Massachusetts has joined 13 other U.S. states and the nation's capital in creating summer sales tax holidays for back-to-school shoppers.
