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'''Sales tax''' in [[Escambia County]], Florida is currently 7.5%.  There is a [[June 2007 sales tax referendum|ballot referendum]] scheduled for [[June 26]], [[2007]] with a half-cent sales tax increase up for approval.  If approved the increase would bring the sales tax rate in Escambia County to 8%, which would be the highest sales tax rate in Florida.
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'''Sales tax''' in [[Escambia County]], Florida is currently 7.5%.
  
 
The State of Florida has a 6% base sales tax, which is directed primarily to the state's budget. ([[Property tax]]es are the primary funding source for local government.) Escambia County currently levies an additional 1.5% in local option sales tax, all of which has been approved by ballot referendum.  1.0% of the local option sales tax revenue is split between [[Escambia County]] and the [[City of Pensacola]];  the revenue from the remaining 0.5% goes to the [[Escambia County School District]].
 
The State of Florida has a 6% base sales tax, which is directed primarily to the state's budget. ([[Property tax]]es are the primary funding source for local government.) Escambia County currently levies an additional 1.5% in local option sales tax, all of which has been approved by ballot referendum.  1.0% of the local option sales tax revenue is split between [[Escambia County]] and the [[City of Pensacola]];  the revenue from the remaining 0.5% goes to the [[Escambia County School District]].
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==Referenda==
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A [[June 2007 sales tax referendum|ballot referendum]] on [[June 26]], [[2007]] that, if approved, would have increased Escambia County's sales tax by one half-cent, failed.  If approved, the increase would have raised the sales tax rate in Escambia County to 8%, which would have been the highest sales tax rate in Florida.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 11 February 2009

Sales tax in Escambia County, Florida is currently 7.5%.

The State of Florida has a 6% base sales tax, which is directed primarily to the state's budget. (Property taxes are the primary funding source for local government.) Escambia County currently levies an additional 1.5% in local option sales tax, all of which has been approved by ballot referendum. 1.0% of the local option sales tax revenue is split between Escambia County and the City of Pensacola; the revenue from the remaining 0.5% goes to the Escambia County School District.

Referenda[edit]

A ballot referendum on June 26, 2007 that, if approved, would have increased Escambia County's sales tax by one half-cent, failed. If approved, the increase would have raised the sales tax rate in Escambia County to 8%, which would have been the highest sales tax rate in Florida.