Phoenix Business Magazine reports the findings from Tax Foundation annual survey of top cities for sales tax rates. A total 6 Arizona cities landed on the top 25 list. It looks like our States recent 1 cent sales tax for education moved us way up the list.

Tucson lands this year at #16.

The good news is if the voters approve Prop 400 in November , which is the new 1/2 sales tax proposed for City of Tucson core services, we’ll climb up the list to #8.

So tell me, do you feel like we are getting our money worth to justify a 9.6% tax rate? At what point will people start shopping online? Do we trust this council enough to give them another $200 million (estimated revenue of $40m per year for 5 years) to spend at their discretion? Are the voters going to vote for the tax?

Here’s the top 20 list.