sales tax

The lawsuit argues the wholesale tax effectively sets a higher rate on marijuana than the six percent sales tax rate set in the Michigan Constitution

Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about Blue Cross cutting its losses, Wolverine World Wide is turning around the shoe and boot business under new leadership, and a Republican plan to expand the state’s sales tax to include services is receiving pushback from some industries.

The proposal involves removing the 6% sales tax currently charged on gas sales and replacing it with a higher fuel tax that would go toward road repairs

Past efforts to expand the sales to services have failed. A law adopted in 2007 was widely panned and quickly repealed

Republicans who control the Michigan House are proposing a new transportation-funding plan that would not raise fuel taxes and direct revenue toward local…

A recent state-wide poll indicates Michigan voters prefer any road funding budget not come at the expense of education and teacher retirement pensions.As…

Republicans who control Michigan's House are proposing to boost road spending by dedicating much of the state's 6 percent sales tax at the pump to the…