COMMUNITY CURRENCY

Paper scrip issued at the county, town, or community level to be used at local participating businesses. It aims to encourage spending business to help boost the firms’ sales. Local residents may exchange dollars for community currencies at any participating local bank branches, which is usually discounted to encourage their use. Business owners accepting community currencies has to create separate accounting methods to handle several taxation guidelines. But it is considered an acceptable tradeoff for increased business from local consumers.

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