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  2. Economy of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas is one of only 7 states not to have a state income tax. [22] [23] The state sales tax rate, 6.25%, is above the national medium, with localities adding up to 2% (8.25% total). [24] Texas does have a "back to school" sales tax holiday once a year (generally around the first weekend in August) on clothing and footwear under $100. [25]

  3. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Texas state sales and use tax rate is 6.25% since 1990, but local taxing jurisdictions (cities, counties, transportation authorities, and special purpose districts - which includes "fire control" and "crime control" taxes levied by a city for those specific purposes only, but specifically not including school districts) may also impose ...

  4. Harris County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    As of 2023, Harris County has ... Downtown Houston, Texas Medical Center, southwest and northeast Houston, Houston's Southside 15 ... Sales Tax Rate (2015) [99]

  5. Fort Bend County, Texas - Wikipedia

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    Fort Bend County Court House in 1948. Fort Bend County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. The county was founded in 1837 and organized the next year. [1] It is named for a blockhouse at a bend of the Brazos River. The community developed around the fort in early days.

  6. 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 ...

  7. State income tax - Wikipedia

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    Previously, during a special session in August, 2022, the top personal income tax rate was reduced to 4.9% retroactively effective to January 1, 2022, instead of 2025 as was originally planned while also marking the first time since 1971 that the top income tax rate has been 5.0% or lower.

  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. 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.