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Media outlets assail D.C.’s proposed ad tax
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The Washington Blade and Tagg magazine, the local publication that covers issues of interest to lesbians of color, have joined the Washington Informer, one of D.C.’s two African-American newspapers, in calling on the D.C.
Council to drop a 3 percent sales tax on advertising that it approved in a preliminary vote on July 7. The Council included the advertising tax provision, introduced by Council Chair Phil Mendelson (D-At-Large), as part of the city’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget.
The Council is scheduled to hold a final vote on the budget that includes the advertising tax provision on July 28. Mendelson said the tax is projected to raise $18 million in revenue annually for the city at a time when the city is struggling to maintain services
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