Effective July 1st, the Ohio state sales tax will increase from 5% to 6% to which, of course, each county levies additional amounts. Total sales tax in Cuyahoga County will go to 8%, which is the highest in the state. Portage County goes to 7.75%. Lake, Lorain and Summit counties climb to 6.75%, while Geauga and Medina will be at 6.5%. Additionally, to confiscate even more dollars:
. . . lawmakers extended the sales tax to services ranging from tattooing to towing.
Those changes take effect in August, allowing Ohio to rake in an additional $189 million a year.
It sure is depressing to know that the one bureaucratic group that seems to be doing their job is the What-The-Hell-Haven't-We-Taxed-Yet Committee.
Reporter Eric Morath wrote the story for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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