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Tentative Approval Given to Sales, Gas And Cigarette Rates
Jump to full article: The Washington Post, 2009-07-30
Author: Tim Craig Washington Post Staff Writer
Intro: The D.C Council tentatively agreed to increase the sales, gas and cigarette taxes Wednesday after members determined that spending cuts alone would not resolve a projected $662 million budget shortfall over the next three years.
The agreement followed hours of heated debate about how much District residents could afford to pay to spare some services from deep cuts. . . .
The proposal to raise the cigarette tax by 50 cents, to $2.50 a pack, would make the District's levy the sixth-highest rate in the nation, according to the American Lung Association. A pack of cigarettes in the District would cost about $7.50 after the increase took effect in October.
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