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Riverhead IDA offers Sandy tax relief
Photo credit: Erin Geismar
The Riverhead Industrial Development Agency has started giving emergency sales tax relief letters to businesses damaged by superstorm Sandy, relieving them of the requirement to pay state sales tax on materials purchased to make needed repairs.
The agency is also putting together a program to help businesses damaged by the storm seek federal assistance and is looking at reducing its fees or...