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The city was incorporated on a promise to keep city taxes at 1%. (One of the campaigns against incorporation appealed to voters to maintain the 3.8% sales tax of the unincorporated county.) According to the Centennial website, the current sales tax rate is two-and-a-half times the promised rate, at 2.5%.
Pennsylvania has a 6% sales tax rate. Allegheny County has local sales tax of 1% on top of the PA sales tax rate that totals 7%. Philadelphia County has a local sales tax of 2% on top of the PA sales tax rate that totals 8%, which became effective October 8, 2009. Food, most clothing, and footwear are among the items most frequently exempted. [180]
Aurora (/ ə ˈ r oʊ r ə /, / ə ˈ r ɔː r ə /) is a home rule city located in Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties, Colorado, United States. [1] The city's population was 386,261 at the 2020 United States census with 336,035 residing in Arapahoe County, 47,720 residing in Adams County, and 2,506 residing in Douglas County. [ 7 ]
Arapahoe County (/ ə ˈ r æ p ə h oʊ / ə-RAP-ə-hoh) is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census , its population was 655,070, [ 1 ] making it the third-most populous county in Colorado.
Because the rate of a sales tax does not change based on a person's income or wealth, sales taxes are generally considered regressive. However, it has been suggested that any regressive effect of a sales tax could be mitigated, e.g., by excluding rent, or by exempting "necessary" items, such as food, clothing and medicines. [21]
Inverness is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Inverness CDP was 2,226 at the United States Census 2020. [3]
The county received $96.3 million in sales tax revenue in 2022, $90.1 million in 2021 and $79.9 million in 2020, according to state Department of Revenue data on county sales tax distributions.
The Town of Foxfield is a statutory town located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. [1] The town population was 754 at the 2020 United States Census. [3] Foxfield is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The town is bordered by the cities of Aurora and Centennial.