County Sales Taxes to help Detroit A change in the State constitution will allow Mich
A change in the State constitution will allow Michigan's Counties to impose a Sales tax, in addition to the State Sales tax already in place. This could pay for many regional services and help lower the city taxes in Detroit to attract more residents. So, what are your thoughts on this?
This has very strong support which is why I posted it.SEMCOG leaders support this.
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professorscott
Well, since we are talking about pie in the sky here, anything at all is conceivable. It is not certain that the Michigan Constitution actually prohibits local-origin sales taxes, but enough people think so that any attempt to implement such a tax without an amendment would likely be tangled up in the courts for years. So, as a practical matter, such a thing requires an amendment.Nobody has actually proposed such an amendment. Other states have had this for decades, though, and it comes in many different flavors. Some places require a vote of the public and others do not; some restrict the use of the funds thus raised for specific purposes and others do not; it goes on and on.If anyone actually proposes any specific amendment - and I have not heard any move in that direction from anyone in Lansing - then we can debate particulars. Until then we are building unicorns in our fantasies, and getting to particulars will be like nailing Jello to a wall.
This is being considered to rebuild our aging infrastructure for sewers, roads, maintaining our transportation system. Many want this because they think it is more fair then property taxes because everyone and tourists pay. I think if it is the same for every county and the money is spent wisely in a way to attract jobs that it would be fair. This could be the answer for Detroit to lower taxes as the suburbs would share in the costs for maintaining essential services. Thank you for your thoughts on this so far. What do you think of this now?