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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>This
does not affect orders sent outside of California, but it does apply to all in-state
GOSA Store sales.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Effective
April 1, 2009 (no fooling) the sales tax rate will increase 1%, so for us it
will go from 8.25% to 9.25%. There will be another increase later this
year (haven’t heard the effective date yet) when the Los Angeles County 0.5%
sales tax increase becomes effective. When that happens it will rise to 9.75%.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>Just
thought my fellow Californians ought to know – grumble, grumble.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#548DD4'>Udo Freund<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#548DD4'>GOSA Store<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#548DD4'><a href="www.gosa.org">www.gosa.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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