Last year , commissioners voted to lower the tax rate from 53 cents per $100 valuation. ... deputies were needed to handle an increase in calls for service . ......

The proposed $12 million budget for fiscal year 2008-09 is a 7 percent increase from ... tax increases and that they would never again see double digit rate ......

"There is a possibility that the Government would increase the service tax rate to 14 per cent, as a step towards convergence of all federal indirect taxes ......