21. "Of course, not having to deal with gross receipts tax in Burbank was real nice, " she said. 22. They backed Newsom in the hard-fought runoff, but they don't like the gross receipts tax he'll put before voters. 23. State Senate Republicans also proposed the elimination of the " onerous " gross receipts tax on energy last month. 24. It is a type of gross receipts tax because it is levied on gross income, rather than net income. 25. Connor's counterpart in the state Assembly, Assembly Republican leader John Faso, had agitated for the gross receipts tax cut. 26. Like the sales tax, the gross receipts tax is charged at the same rate on utility customers of all incomes. 27. For example, he said, the gross receipts tax would exempt businesses that have less than $ 1 million in sales. 28. One of the cuts reduced the surcharge on the gross receipts tax to 12 . 5 percent from 15 percent. 29. It will also reduce by 30 percent the gross receipts tax on utilities, for another $ 440 million a year. 30. Under what's known as gross receipts tax , businesses devote a portion of their revenues to the city's coffers every year.
