TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) – In late July shoppers will get tax breaks on books and school supplies. And in early June, shoppers will get a break on the six-cent sales tax on hurricane supplies and on clothes.
State lawmakers sent the two bills Wednesday to the governor. It already passed the House.
One tax break would go to shoppers who are buying hurricane supplies like radios, flashlights, batteries, coolers, tarps and generators. It would cover the first 12 days of June and cost state and local government about ten million dollars.
The sales tax holiday, which covers the last nine days of July, would apply to clothes priced 50 dollars and less. It also applies to school supplies priced 10 dollars and less and books. It would cost state and local government an estimated 38 million dollars.
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UK TOURISM is on the rise with the number of visits by overseas residents up by 12 per cent in the first half of this year, new figures show.
Foreign residents made 6.13 million visits to the UK in the first three months of 2005, the National Statistics Office revealed today.
While the number of American visitors dropped by eight per cent, Western Europeans made 14 per cent more trips to the UK than in January-March 2004.
The foreign visitors spent £2.51 billion on their trips to the UK in the first three months of this year, an 11 per cent rise
The Books by the River Series: Where Florida Literature Meets Florida History continues with Davie writer Cynthia Thomason discussing her showboat mystery series at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the New River Inn, Old Fort Lauderdale Village and Museum, 231 SW Second Ave., Fort Lauderdale. Thomason has published nine historical and contemporary romances and also is the author of a historical mystery series that takes place on the Mississippi River. She has received the National Readers' Choice Award, nominations for a Romantic Times' Choice Award and the Golden Quill. Her Web site is www.cynthiathomason.com.
The Florida Center for the Book concludes
Emirates Holidays, the tour operating arm of Emirates Airline and one of the largest wholesale tour operators in the Middle East, declared a revenue of Dhs 355 million (US$97 million) for the financial year ended 31st March 2004 - an increase of 23 per cent over the previous year.
Around 100,000 tourists travelled with Emirates Holidays over the past twelve months, with the top destinations proving to be the U.A.E, Malaysia, Thailand, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Mauritius, the Maldives, Singapore, Lebanon and India. The six destinations growing fastest in popularity were Singapore, Australia, Switzerland, Austria, Hong Kong and New Zealand.
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Queensland's tourism industry is continuing its fight to stop the Federal Government imposing the goods and services tax (GST) on overseas visitors.
The industry is trying to stop a bill being passed through the Senate and will be among the groups taking their case to a public hearing in Brisbane next week.
Daniel Gschwind from the Queensland Tourism Industry Council says the imposition of the tax could turn people away from Australia.
"The demand for a product is always influenced by the price and clearly Australia is a relatively high cost experience for visitors," he said.
"We are a long way away from most
It seemed so much better than a time share. Terry Moerler and her husband recently joined with three other couples to buy a condominium in San Diego. All four couples will have access to the condo for 13 weeks a year — a getaway where Moerler and her husband can spend time with their grown daughter and her children. The couples plan to own the condo for five years, and then decide if they want to continue to own it or sell it.
"We bought it for our enjoyment, but there is an investment aspect to it," says Moerler, a Realtor