What Will Be Taxed?
For applicable items, sales tax will increase from 5.3% to 6.3% if purchased in Northampton County. Examples of items that this tax will affect are:
Fast food/restaurant items
Clothing
Furniture
Tools/equipment
Fishing Supplies
"Specifically, this tax will help to provide the funding needed to modernize our high school, add a middle school, and build our capacity to update our elementary schools in future years!"
This referendum only applies to the sales tax and does not involve real estate taxes. This sales tax does NOT apply to:
Groceries
Prescription & over the counter medications
Automobile/farm equipment purchases
Property or real estate
Any other items which do not currently have a sales tax
For more information on how the sales tax is applied visit the YES for Northampton Schools website.
