Mississippi’s Back to School Sales Tax Holiday weekend begins Friday and local businesses and South Mississippi retail chains are gearing up to help families save money while getting students…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi lawmakers could consider a comprehensive proposal next year to make the state’s tax system fairer and more efficient, a state House leader said Wednesday. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Trey Lamar said…
The back-to-school sales tax holiday in Mississippi has been moved and extended. Senate Bill 2470, which was signed by Gov. Tate Reeves in April, moves the back-to-school sales tax holiday to the second Friday of July and extends the holiday…
The results are in for Moss Point’s two percent recreation and tourism tax. The vote has passed by 86 percent. It will add two cents to every $1 spent at a restaurant in the city. The tax on prepared food…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Mississippi Senate voted 40-11 Wednesday to pass a bill that would cut hundreds of millions of dollars in state revenue by phasing out part of the income tax and reducing…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on a bill that would reduce the state income tax. It is one of two dueling proposals to change the tax structure in one of the poorest states in the…
It’s officially Mississippi Sales Tax Free Weekend. That means today and tomorrow shoppers can hit the stores to pick up school supplies, clothing, and footwear. Eligible items priced at $100…
Local malls and retailers are getting ready for crowds as this weekend’s state Sales Tax Holiday gets underway. All day Friday and Saturday, you’ll save the seven percent sales tax on qualifying school supplies, clothing, and footwear throughout the entire…
Mississippi will soon have its annual sales tax holiday, but this year there is more to celebrate. School supplies are officially on the tax exemption list for the holiday, which takes place July 26th and 27th. All clothing, footwear and…
Mississippi is preparing to start a lottery in the next few months and the State Revenue Commissioner says people will not have to pay sales tax to play the game of chance. Commissioner Herb Frierson says current laws and regulations…
Friday marks the start of the Second Amendment sales tax weekend, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves said today.
On October 1st, property taxes for the City of Biloxi are scheduled to increase a third of a mill to reimburse the school district for a budget shortfall.