The panel decided against recommending an increase in the sales tax or imposing any type of temporary tax on corporations benefiting from tax exemption under the industrial incentives law.

Profit Centers are the part of an organization that bring in the bacon: partners at law firms, sales at enterprise software companies, "masters of the universe" on Wall Street, etc etc.

State law may require sales tax to be charged on the pre-discounted price if the product is subject to sales tax.