In article , George
wrote:


But taxes don't work like that, especially sales taxes. YOu have state
taxes, but many places also have local sales taxes, and often more than
one. There was an area around O'Hare at one point (don't know if it
still exists) where there was state, city, airport authority and some
other entity sales tax.

But surely the additional local sales taxes aren't just arbitrary and
are defined with geographic boundaries? In my state the sales tax is 6%
with the counties of Allegheny and Philadelphia adding an additional 1%.

Not always. For instance in some areas the mass transport system is a
separate governmental entity that actually crosses municipal borders.
Also, how do you decide which of the multiple districts a person resides
under these circumstances? You can't rely on addresses since on the
ongoing hoohas in this county is that Carmel people have Indy addresses
and Fishers people may have a Noblesville address. It isn't as cut and
dried as municipal boundaries.

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