Todd Rotondo, co-owner of Cafe Salerno in Beverly, supported the additional 0.75 percent meals tax the city approved recently: “I live in the city, so I look at it from the aspect f revenue that will help the shortfall from the state level.’’
(Lisa Poole for The Boston Globe)
Debate around meals tax heats up
Many towns see windfall; others fearful
Todd Rotondo, co-owner of Cafe Salerno in Beverly, supported the additional 0.75 percent meals tax the city approved recently: “I live in the city, so I look at it from the aspect f revenue that will help the shortfall from the state level.’’
(Lisa Poole for The Boston Globe)
BEVERLY - Seven months after they were granted the authority by the Legislature, one in five Massachusetts communities has opted to boost its local meals tax, adding 15 cents to every $20 restaurant tab and generating several million dollars to bolster city and town budgets. (Full article: 1353 words)
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