Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
Official Newspaper of Eddy County since 1883
The above graphs created by Ashley Schuster illustrate how the total taxable sales and purchases have varied locally and statewide over the past 10 years. The data was taken from North Dakota Sales and Use Tax Statistical Reports prepared by the N.D. Tax Commissioner's Office. All the reports are online at nd.gov/tax.
Sales tax, a tax on sales or on the receipts from sales made within a defined area, is one of the primary sources of revenue for state and local governments. It is also one of the most talked about taxes recently, not only locally but also nationally.
Locally, the City of New Rockford began collecting sales tax in 1996. Then, in 2008, the city commission passed a resolution to double the city sal...
