The county of Fond du Lac in Wisconsin is considering imposing a sales tax. Fort du Lac is one 11 counties in Wisconsin that does not currently have a sales tax. The issue of whether to add a sales tax was preliminarily discussed at the 11 August 2009 Finance, Personnel, and Economic Development meeting. The proceeds of the sales tax increase will fund a plan to keep Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac. The Fond du Lac County Council is scheduled to discuss the plan and sales tax increase on 10 September 2009.

On 20 February 2009 Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed into law HB 2026, retroactively validating the results of local sales tax elections held in Lyon and Rawlins counties in August 2008; although voters had approved both ballot questions, neither county at the time had authority to levy a sales tax in an amount over 1% due to the county sales tax cap. The new county rate will be increased to 1.5%.

Lyon County approved a county-wide 1% sales tax 5 August 2008, meant to begin 1 October 2008.  Despite overwhelming approval, this bill was negated shortly after because it exceeds the 1% county sales tax cap, due to the current ½% rate already in effect.  On 29 January 2009 legislature will decide whether to increase the county tax cap or to re-vote to stay within the cap of 1%.