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  2. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The highest sales tax in Washington is on liquor. The spirits sales tax is 20.5% of the value of the product purchased [217] and a $3.7708 per liter spirits liter tax is assessed on spirits sold to consumers. [218] 1 April 2008 saw tax increases in King County (+.001), Kittitas County (+.003), Mason County (+.001), and the city of Union Gap ...

  3. Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts - Wikipedia

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    The primary duties of the comptroller's office are to collect substantially all tax revenue owed to the State of Texas (this involves more than 60 different types of taxes from the sales tax-- the largest source of the state's tax revenue, since Texas does not have a personal income tax-- to minor items such as the "battery sales fee" -- a $2–$3 fee on sales of lead-acid batteries) and to ...

  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. Shippers scramble for workarounds ahead of threatened US port ...

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    U.S. companies that rely on East and Gulf Coast seaports have been importing early, shifting goods to the West Coast, and even putting cargo on pricey flights to hedge against a threatened Oct. 1 ...

  6. Major maritime strike could threaten ports across the East Coast

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    Shipping containers at the Port of Houston Authority on Thursday in Harris County, Texas. ... groceries, utility bills, taxes, and in some cases, their children’s education. USMX’s corporate ...

  7. Port of Houston - Wikipedia

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    Location; Country: United States: Location: Houston (Texas, USA): Coordinates: 1]: UN/LOCODE: USHOU [2]: Details; Operated by: Port of Houston Authority: Owned by: City of Houston: Type of harbour: Artificial / natural: Number of cargo container terminals: 2: Number of major general cargo terminals: 5: Statistics; Annual cargo tonnage: 212 million (2006) [3]: Annual container volume: 1.6 ...

  8. East Coast ports brace for possible strike by dockworkers - AOL

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    A stoppage could involve up to 45,000 workers at ports that account for roughly 60% of U.S. shipping traffic, leading to a major disruption of shipments, Oxford Economics said in a report.

  9. Federal tax revenue by state - Wikipedia

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    This is a table of the total federal tax revenue by state, federal district, and territory collected by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Gross Collections indicates the total federal tax revenue collected by the IRS from each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The figure includes all Individual federal taxes and Corporate ...