Local sales tax rising

Allen D. Fisher REPORTER Meridian business is doing better than most in Texas. The latest state sales tax distribution to cities, based on April’s taxable sales, was down 11.1%. But sales tax in Meridian have increased this year during the Coronavirus pandemic, if only by a few thousand dollars. “It’s a combination of “It’s a combination of people staying closer to home an using the local…

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