Spent a week in Boston, sales tax was a surprise!

NYC doesn't tax clothes less than 120/item

It's nice to catch a break somewhere.

because they are "essential" consumer items is the basic idea

they have high income tax and property taxes and various other ways of generating revenue

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Sales tax in Boston is 6.25%. I was floored when I bought a few articles of clothing and discovered there was no sales tax on clothing. The same applied to shoes I bought. I did a look up and discovered there is also no sales tax on groceries and many, many other items. Any Bostonians on the board?

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It was a tax free weekend

In many progressive cities they do not have a sales tax because they have... a progressive system.

Things are taxed according to their value and what they cost the city. Things like food, cheap clothing, etc. do not cost the city much in terms of management.

Things like $10,000 suits, alcohol, cigarettes do cost the city in terms of management. Alcohol and cigarettes is obvious, but so is the $10,000 suit when you realize that store is taking up incredibly scarce land at the same time it bars 95% of the residents from being able to afford a purchase.

And the craziest thing about all of that is the cities are better, offer better services, and there's even way more rich people. Time for you southerners to make the connection.