The plan raises the city’s sales tax by 1.5% in the summer to 5.5%.
Add that to the borough’s sales tax, and consumers will pay a total of 8% sales tax from the beginning of April until the end of September. Then, in the offseason the sales tax will return to 5.5%.Council Member Judy Zenge, who manages the Plaza Mall, said that she’d heard positive feedback on the plan from community members.
But Council Member Janalee Gage pointed out that Ketchikan isn’t the first Alaska community to institute a seasonal sales tax. Kistler ultimately supported the seasonal sales tax plan, which passed in a 5-2 vote. Council Members Jai Mahtani and Council Member Riley Gass voted no.
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