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Read my lips: no taxes PDF Print E-mail
In response to a request from a California records requester, the director of appeals and rulings at Virginia's Department of Taxation said public bodies cannot add sales tax to the cost of providing the records under FOIA. "The sales tax does not apply to copies of public records furnished in response to a FOIA request," Michael Melson wrote on May 12. Read the full text of the letter here.
 

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