The Haines Borough Assembly Finance Committee is interested in abolishing sales tax for long-term renters that would leave a $70,000 hole in the borough budget, but assembly members are looking for more information.
At the group’s May 21 meeting, assembly member Sean Maidy said he would like to see long-term renters and their landlords exempt from paying the borough’s 5.5 percent general sales tax. Maidy said the tax is considered regressive, meaning it only impacts…