WYOMING LOCAL ‘FIFTH PENNY’ TAX COULD BECOME PERMANENT IF ‘EDUCATION PENNY’ IS ENACTED

CASPER, Wyo. — Wyoming currently has a 4% statewide sales and use tax. State law allows local sales and use taxes up to 3% (so-called “fifth, sixth and seventh penny”) additional sales and use taxes.

The Wyoming House of Representatives are working on a bill that would potentially make the so-called “fifth penny” tax permanent in every county.

That would happen if several things occur:

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