Card, $25 fee proposed for sales tax exemption

The Haines Borough may require non-profit organizations to purchase an annual $25 sales tax-exempt card following a recommendation from the assembly’s Finance Committee.

Currently, 80 non-profits are exempt from paying local sales tax. Committee member Tom Morphet thinks tax-exempt cards would help recoup some of those losses. Morphet initially proposed a $50 annual card.

“That would raise $4,000 a year, which is not a lot, but I think we have to do something to stanch…