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27 October
6:44 pm

if you look at offsetting that with an increase in the sales tax, about two and a half cents, it would cover the entire cost for single family primary residents in the state of Iowa

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Zach Lahn, at Iowa Governor General Election Debate (KCRG / The Gazette)

6:44 pm
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Why we checked itSpecific fiscal claim that a 2.5-cent sales tax increase would fully offset the cost of eliminating property taxes on single-family primary residences in Iowa — a concrete, verifiable figure
What we foundNo independent fiscal analysis was found that confirms or refutes whether a 2.5-cent state sales tax increase would cover the entire or near-entire cost of eliminating property taxes on single-family primary residences in Iowa.
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