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  2. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania has a 6% sales tax rate. Allegheny County has local sales tax of 1% on top of the PA sales tax rate that totals 7%. Philadelphia County has a local sales tax of 2% on top of the PA sales tax rate that totals 8%, which became effective October 8, 2009. Food, most clothing, and footwear are among the items most frequently exempted. [181]

  3. Economy of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The state sales tax is set at 6.25 percent. [27] Cities are allowed to impose an additional 1% tax, and additional taxes not to exceed 1% may be approved by voters for any combination of county sales tax, transportation districts, economic development, and/or crime prevention. The average sales tax in Texas amounts to 8.25 percent.

  4. State tax levels in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Taxation in the United States. State tax levels indicate both the tax burden and the services a state can afford to provide residents. States use a different combination of sales, income, excise taxes, and user fees. Some are levied directly from residents and others are levied indirectly. This table includes the per capita tax collected at the ...

  5. Fuel taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents per gallon and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel fuel. [1][2] Proceeds from the tax partly support the Highway Trust Fund. 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.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Amazon.com: Deep in the Heart of Texas and Taxes - AOL

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    Back in September 2010, Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs sent Amazon a big fat tax bill for uncollected sales tax spanning from 2005 to 2009 totaling $269 million.

  8. 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 ...

  9. List of counties in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Dawson County, formed in 1858 in what is now Kinney County and Uvalde County and abolished in 1866 (not to be confused with the present-day Dawson County). Encinal County, formed in 1856. Abolished in 1899 and annexed to Webb County. Foley County, formed in 1887 from Presidio County. Annexed in 1897 to Brewster County.