July 15, 2009
"Mass. liquor tax, effective Aug. 1, seen as a boost to R.I. revenues"
By Paul Grimaldi
It's also uncertain how much tax revenue Massachusetts will never see from people driving to New Hampshire, where there's no sales tax, to buy liquor.
"Residents, at least along the border, can shop in another state," said Natasha Altamirano, a spokeswoman for the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan policy group in Washington, D.C. "Economists and businessmen are certain that sales taxes do have a major effect on consumer behavior, that's why catalog shopping and Internet shopping have become so popular."