Delaware state government is facing two years of flat general tax revenue. If instituting a state sales tax becomes a legislative issue, retailers may suffer substantial nonresident sales losses. What are the pros versus the cons of a sales tax?
• Delaware already has a sales tax. It’s called a gross receipts tax. Businesses pay this on income made during the year. This cost is passed on to the consumer. — Bob Hice
• How about adjusting how you use the people’s money? — Howard Gaines III
• No! — Charlie Harper
• Oh, here it comes! — Deborah Grubbs
• Anyone that ever brought this up in the House or Senate served one term. Let us see who is brave enough. – Ron Watson
• There is a sales tax. It's just disguised as a gross receipts tax paid by retailers. The tax they pay is incorporated into the price of the products you buy. – Bruce Anderson
