Since when is sales tax 8.025%?

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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]

1. benn over 8% as long as I can remember where I live

sometimes the actual state sales tax is less, but the town itself adds more tax

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2. New Hope: 7.525%. But metro area sales taxes are going up by 0.75%

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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]

3. Local towns add local taxes for projects.

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.

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4. Thanks. This was in Maple Grove and now I see that Trader Joe's, too includes the same rate