As you develop your gift list this week, remember that shopping at any of Prescott Valley’s retail locations, both locally-owned businesses and national retailers, directly benefits you by funding your community through sales taxes.

Many major online retailers also remit sales taxes to Prescott Valley when your items are delivered to an address inside the Town limits. The Town of Prescott Valley does not assess a property tax. The Town’s operating expenses are paid for by the collection of a 2.83 percent sales tax.

Your sales tax dollars are used to maintain the roads you drive on every day, support the police officers who serve and protect you and pay for a myriad of other day-to-day Town services and activities. When you spend your money at retailers in Phoenix, Prescott or elsewhere in Arizona, you’re still paying sales tax but instead, your money is going into other communities.

Shop Local, and have a safe and happy Holiday season.