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Howard Marklein: “Sales tax collections may fall as people spend more on gas…”

Featuring: Howard Marklein, Republican | Wisconsin State Senate, District 17

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May Legislative Update

Published | Video Starts at 29:48

Right? Yeah. And one thing I am kind of keeping my eye on a little bit here is over the next month or so is the, our Sales tax collections may fall as people spend more on gas, which is not subject to sales tax. and they got only got a fixed income, that means they're not buying, they're not going into the store and buying that stuff that is taxable. (29:48–30:13)

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Asserts that increased spending on gas could reduce sales tax collections.

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