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MOBILE TODAY YET? IF YOU HAVE,
YOU MIGHT
WANT TO CHECK YOUR RECEIPT. THE
NEW ONE PERCENT SALES TAX
WENT INTO EFFECT TODAY ON MANY
ITEMS.
WE SENT FOX TEN NEWS REPORTER
REACTION TO PAYING THE EXTRA
MONEY.
Target Department Store arms
SOUND 1 "Did you realize the
sales tax went up today? Oh, it
went to 10 percent? I did not I
wasn't aware of that." Actually,
she wasn't the only one.
the new sales tax increase went
Kind of surprising? Yeah, it
is." SOUND 3 "I didn't know it
went into effect.
I hadn't really thought of
about the increase? SOOUND 4 "It
really
because I live in Mobile and you
have to buy certain things
I hate that it went up though,
because things are high enough
more conscious of prices." The
owners of Inside Up Clothing
Shop made sure they
remembered today was the day to
make the change.
SOUND 6 "We had actually put a
post it note on the register
here to remind us." STANDUP
Something else store owners here
While the sales tax in Mobile is
ten percent, in places like
Pascagoula, Mississippi, it's
seven percent. Store owners do
wonder if the higher tax will
cost
sales down the road. SOUND 7
"Not all of our customers
comment on it,
but I would say the majority are
from out of town, maybe, and
and they'll just comment, that's
not the change comes when we're
getting ready for the busiest
shopping time of the year.
Reporting from Mobile, Steve
Alexander, Fox Ten News.
THE SALES TAX INCREASE DOES NOT
AFFECT FOOD AND BEVERAGES,
LODGING, CAR RENTALS, GASOLINE,