The Texas spring tax free weekend could not come at a better time. Each spring, the state holds the tax free holiday to prepare for severe weather and hurricanes.
Texas's weekend sale tax holiday is here. The annual event has been happening since 1999, officials estimate shoppers will save more than $74 million sales taxes this weekend.
TxDOT officials in January had agreed that the agency needs an additional $4 billion a year to maintain current traffic levels. Texas has increasingly relied on debt financing and tolls to expand the highway system.
As part of an effort to fight obesity, Darebin Council in northern Melbourne, Australia, is considering a “fat tax” which would impose whopping rate increases on fast food giants like McDonald’s and KFC.
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1913 – The United States introduces an income tax (More info)
1964 – Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time (More info)