ummmm BRB.... have to find a dictionary to read what Randy wrote.
Don't feel bad, after I woke up this morning and after the caffeine high had worn off from when I wrote the post, I had to look in the dictionary to read what I wrote, too...
I wish I could say that I feel your pain so I could at least sympathise with you but....I can't. My taxes are done on 1040 EZ.
I think that issue is one of the potential "relief's" from this transition. If I read that article right, Park District portion of the mills would be dropped and they would essentially live by the sales tax alone. A 9 percent decrease in property taxes for locals. The sales tax would stay put.
I think I got that right this time. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
I would like to see the details of that proposal. So the idea is to shift the burden of paying for Parks and Recreation and all it's related facilities, such as programming, salaries, baseball, hockey, traveling teams, or whatever the Board Determines it wants to spend the money on to retail customers of all sizes and shapes that either live here, or come to Williston, via a simple sales tax?
The trade off will be....no more mil levies for monies to be placed in the Parks and Recreation general fund, thus property tax relief for those of us having multiple properties such as rentals, business establishments, etc?
Wow!
As an owner of rental properties, who gets a big old tax bite from the tax man when he (she) cometh...I am all in favor of it. As a consumer, who also purchases quite a bit of stuff here in our own community as opposed to going to Minot or Billings or Bismarck where I can buy it cheaper even when I pay their sales tax, I am not gonna have any more incentive to buy it here when I not only have to pay a higher price, but I have to keep paying the 1 cent sales tax.
No thank you. I would rather let the sales tax die, pay my mils for Parks and Rec as a dutiful citizen having grandchildren who will someday be partaking of the programs, while hoping that the lack of a sales tax will still encourage people to bring their money here and buy in Williston instead of Minot or Bismarck or Billings.
The concept is not bad...it is just a matter of how you see it, and how you are going to benefit from it. We pay HIGH property taxes, that is a given.
If I owned a lot of rental apartments, etc, dropping the mill levy that much would be a tremendous windfall for me, especially if I still bought much of my goods from other metro areas. From a business standpoint...fantabulous. From a moral standpoint, I think it is our duty to pay for the services we receive fire, city, police, sheriff, school, county,et al through the currently established system which is, I guess, as equitable as it can get, rather than chasing away potential customers for our retail industries.
You just have to look inside yourself and determine what you want.....this thread ought to develop into a pretty interesting forum....if you wanna go there.... ;o) R
I wish I could say that I feel your pain so I could at least sympathise with you but....I can't. My taxes are done on 1040 EZ.
I think that issue is one of the potential "relief's" from this transition. If I read that article right, Park District portion of the mills would be dropped and they would essentially live by the sales tax alone. A 9 percent decrease in property taxes for locals. The sales tax would stay put.
I think I got that right this time. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. – Philippians 2:3-4
Sorry Steve - being crabby. I am doing my Quarterlies - then onto Corp - Farm - Personal Tax - I am taxed out. I have not read about it to form one opionion or another. I will comment later. I had an IRS form that said how much do you make -send it in. a little tiny joke in my own mind.
For those that have not responded yet, reply with your choice of what you'd be for. I believe the city will be voting to keep their sales tax. But the school district's sales tax that paid for the Middle school will be coming to a close around 2010.
To clarify my question then, once the school districts sales tax has come due, are you willing to transition that sales tax to the park district considering they have well laid out plans for the use of those tax dollars?
-- Edited by Steve Powell at 14:28, 2009-01-22
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. – Philippians 2:3-4
I believe the transitional tax is going to be the proposed tax. So let's say that one.
I reckon I will have to say NO then....in the absence of stronger oversight, I think at this point fiscal frugality of various components of governance and utilization of other creative resources to generate revenue would be more palatable.....
I believe the transitional tax is going to be the proposed tax. So let's say that one.
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. – Philippians 2:3-4
To be honest with ya VKO, I'm not sure my income is relevant.
However, I'm going to guess by your response you are not in favor of keeping the tax?
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. – Philippians 2:3-4
According to the Williston Herald postings related to the sales tax there are some who are up in arms about keeping the sales tax going. One of the interesting comments came from an individual from Ray. Was his point valid? Doesn't Williston support the communities surrounding the area in some way, shape, or form? I don't have a problem supporting the sales tax as long as I know I'm not being taxed in vain.
Thoughts?
Somebody please clarify which tax...current tax or proposed tax or the transitional tax from one entity to another....and then I'll vote on your poll....
According to the Williston Herald postings related to the sales tax there are some who are up in arms about keeping the sales tax going. One of the interesting comments came from an individual from Ray. Was his point valid? Doesn't Williston support the communities surrounding the area in some way, shape, or form? I don't have a problem supporting the sales tax as long as I know I'm not being taxed in vain.
Thoughts?
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Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. – Philippians 2:3-4
