People shopping in the Albuquerque area will be paying more sales tax on many purchases.
The Bernalillo County Commission on Thursday voted 3-2 vote to increase the gross receipts tax by three-sixteenths of 1 percent effective July 1.
That increase amounts to an additional 19 cents on a $100 purchase.
The Albuquerque Journal reports that the increase is projected to raise $30 million annually.
Two-thirds of that amount is supposed to pay for mental- and behavioral-health programs.
The rest is to go toward the county government's general operations and offset a decrease in state funding.
The commission's three Democrats voted for the increase. The Republicans voted against it.
Purchases that aren't subject to the gross receipts tax include medicine and some food.
Information from: Albuquerque Journal.
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