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  2. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Currently, the majority of Utah's aggregate sales taxes are in the range of 6.1 – 8.35%. Utah has a 16.350% sales tax on rental cars in Salt Lake City. [192] The sales tax on food and food ingredients is 3.0% statewide. This includes the state rate of 1.75%, local option rate of 1.0% and county option rate of 0.25%.

  3. List of countries by tax rates - Wikipedia

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    Map of the world showing national-level sales tax / VAT rates as of October 2019. Additional local taxes may apply. [citation needed]A comparison of tax rates by countries is difficult and somewhat subjective, as tax laws in most countries are extremely complex and the tax burden falls differently on different groups in each country and sub-national unit.

  4. Sales tax - Wikipedia

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    A sales tax is a tax paid to a governing body for the sales of certain goods and services. Usually laws allow the seller to collect funds for the tax from the consumer at the point of purchase. When a tax on goods or services is paid to a governing body directly by a consumer, it is usually called a use tax. Often laws provide for the exemption ...

  5. Taxation in California - Wikipedia

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    1.25% – Uniform Local Tax. 0.25% – Local County – Transportation funds. 1.00% – Local City/County – Operational funds. The statewide sales tax in California was first imposed on August 1, 1933, at the rate of 2.50% under the "Retail Sales Act of 1933." [11] No local sales taxes were levied at that time.

  6. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Politics portal. v. t. e. The United States has separate federal, state, and local governments with taxes imposed at each of these levels. Taxes are levied on income, payroll, property, sales, capital gains, dividends, imports, estates and gifts, as well as various fees. In 2020, taxes collected by federal, state, and local governments amounted ...

  7. COTA targets year-out sales tax increase for $8 billion ... - AOL

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    The total prospectus once built out with matching federal and state funds is about $8 billion, $6 billion of which will come from the proposed half-percent sales tax hike. At the request of Marlon ...

  8. Fuel taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The federal tax was last raised on October 1, 1993, and is not indexed to inflation, which increased 111% from Oct. 1993 until Dec. 2023. On average, as of April 2019, state and local taxes and fees add 34.24 cents to gasoline and 35.89 cents to diesel, for a total US volume-weighted average fuel tax of 52.64 cents per gallon for gas and 60.29 ...

  9. Value-added tax - Wikipedia

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    A value-added tax ( VAT or goods and services tax ( GST ), general consumption tax (GCT) ), is a consumption tax that is levied on the value added at each stage of a product's production and distribution. VAT is similar to, and is often compared with, a sales tax. VAT is an indirect tax because the consumer who ultimately bears the burden of ...