Editing Sales tax

'''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.

The base sales tax rate in the State of Florida is 6%;  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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