Research Report
Robeson County’s Vote to Increase the Sales Tax: Would you buy a used car from these guys?
posted July 27, 2010 by Cameron Lambe, Joseph Coletti, Dr. Michael Sanera
Robeson County officials want a quarter-cent sales tax hike and promise a two-cent reduction in the property tax rate. The net effect would be like a two-cent property tax hike, since the sales tax increases would bring in an additional $2.3 million a year, while the reduction in property tax revenues would be only $1.2 million. Robeson County taxpayers have already been hit with a two-cent tax increase with revaluation, so a vote to approve the sales-tax hike would mean a $2.3 million tax increase from last year.