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New NC Sales Tax Takes Effect Tuesday

North Carolina consumers will soon see a price increase in a range of services. New sales taxes will take effect on Tuesday across the state.

The new taxes will apply to services ranging from car repairs to appliance installations.

The taxes were approved by the legislatures last year. The idea is to lower income taxes by expanding the number of services subject to sales taxes.

The Charlotte Observer reports that part of this additional revenue will be distributed to poorer counties.

The rates vary by county but hover around 7 percent.

One contracting executive tells the paper the new regulations are confusing. The tax depends on whether a firm specializes in sales or service.

The North Carolina Department of Revenue has been meeting with industry groups to clarify the regulations.

 

Neal Charnoff joined 88.5 WFDD as Morning Edition host in 2014. Raised in the Catskill region of upstate New York, he graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1983. Armed with a liberal arts degree, Neal was fully equipped to be a waiter. So he prolonged his arrested development bouncing around New York and L.A. until discovering that people enjoyed listening to his voice on the radio. After a few years doing overnight shifts at a local rock station, Neal spent most of his career at Vermont Public Radio. He began as host of a nightly jazz program, where he was proud to interview many of his idols, including Dave Brubeck and Sonny Rollins. Neal graduated to the news department, where he was the local host for NPR's All Things Considered for 14 years. In addition to news interviews and features, he originated and produced the Weekly Conversation On The Arts, as well as VPR Backstage, which profiled theater productions around the state. He contributed several stories to NPR, including coverage of a devastating ice storm. Neal now sees the value of that liberal arts degree, and approaches life with the knowledge that all subjects and all art forms are connected to each other. Neal and his wife Judy are enjoying exploring North Carolina and points south. They would both be happy to never experience a Vermont winter again.

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