The newly elected governor of the State of Rhode Island; Lincoln Chafee, has proposed the tax structure in this state be changed to reflect current consumer spending trends. To sum it up quickly: the tax rate will fall in this state from 7% to 6% - but everything that was previously not subject to sales tax will now be taxed (labor and services will be subject to sales tax). My project is to research and present findings on the following: What is the history of the sales tax? What are the reasons put forth by the governor as to why this change has to happen? Interview and present findings from two groups affected: taxi drivers in a predominently tourist area already adversely affected by the economic downturn, and local elected officials with a tourist-based business subject to some part of the new tax structure.
I would like to contrast the two viewpoints. They may be similar or completely opposite. My goal is to inform people of the possible upcoming changes. Does anyone have a different angle to approach this from? I do not want to get too personal with financial questions, such as asking how much someone makes. However I was thinking of asking for percentages of business lost or gained in the past few seasons.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
New Blog
Hi. My name is Rachele Fallon and I am a junior at URI's continuing education. This semester I am taking online classes because I live on an island and traveling away each week was not feasible this Spring. Although I miss the trip to Providence each week, I have taken care of all the obligations that I had at home and hope to be back in a Providence classroom next fall. One good thing about being online, and due to this Public Writing class; I will now have blog experience.
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