Ann Arbor City Council puts aside income tax, proposal may go to voters in spring
Shelf, meet Ann Arbor City Income Tax proposal.Excerpt:The Ann Arbor City Council opted on Monday to shelve a new income tax under review, stopping the issue from being put to a ballot vote in November, but the issue could resurface and be put to a citywide vote this spring. Before that happens, the city of Ann Arbor wants to begin an effort to educate residents and businesses about the impacts of a new income tax — 1 percent for residents and businesses and 0.5 percent for nonresidents working in the city — before the issue is put to voters.A survey conducted by the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce last week said about 74 percent of the 300 chamber members surveyed did not support creation of the tax.Read the rest of the story here.
Shelf, meet Ann Arbor City Income Tax proposal.
Excerpt:
The Ann Arbor City Council opted on Monday to shelve a new income tax under review, stopping the issue from being put to a ballot vote in November, but the issue could resurface and be put to a citywide vote this spring.
Before that happens, the city of Ann Arbor wants to begin an effort to educate residents and businesses about the impacts of a new income tax — 1 percent for residents and businesses and 0.5 percent for nonresidents working in the city — before the issue is put to voters.
A survey conducted by the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce last week said about 74 percent of the 300 chamber members surveyed did not support creation of the tax.
Read the rest of the story here.
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