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Council hears explanation, reservations about issuing sales-and-use tax exemption certificate for Longwood River/Bridge project
Summary
City staff said state law requires issuing a municipal sales-and-use tax exemption certificate for the Longwood River Bridal and Bayway project; council members asked for details on how much tax revenue would be foregone and how the exemption is applied to construction materials versus permanent fixtures.
The Mobile City Council discussed the required issuance of a municipal sales-and-use tax exemption certificate for the Longwood River Bridal and Bayway project during its meeting.
A staff member told the council the city is required by a 2019 state law to issue the exemption certificate and that the council’s action would be limited to issuing the certificate; the exact dollar value of tax savings was not specified in the meeting. “This is solely about the issuance of the certificate, which is required by law. There’s nothing we can do about that,”…
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