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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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, special purpose districts - which includes "fire control" and "crime control" taxes levied by a city for those specific purposes only, and transit authorities, but specifically not including school districts) may also impose sales and ...

  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. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Taxation in the United States. 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 ...

  5. Is there a free way to file taxes in Texas? The IRS offers two free options for individuals to file their taxes. One is Guided Tax Preparation filing which is free to taxpayers who made $73,000 or ...

  6. 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.

  7. 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 ...

  8. Federal taxation and spending by state - Wikipedia

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    The main question behind this issue stems into three different approaches. First, federal spending should be neutral, meaning federal taxation should roughly equal expenditures. Second, it should be redistributive, meaning rich states should be taxed most heavily and poorer states should receive more benefits.