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    August 1, 2024

    State and Local Tax Contributions by Undocumented Immigrants

    Undocumented immigrants pay taxes that help fund public infrastructure, institutions, and services in every U.S. state. Nearly 39 percent of the total tax dollars paid by undocumented immigrants in 2022 ($37.3 billion) went to state and local governments.
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    August 4, 2023

    What States Have Sales Tax Holidays in 2023?

    The number of states with sales tax holidays on the books fell to 19 in 2023 from 20 in 2022. Yet even as slightly fewer states have them, they are estimated to cost much more. In 2023, sales tax holidays will cost states and localities nearly $1.6 billion in lost revenue, up from an estimated $1 billion just a year ago.
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    March 5, 2021

    How Long Has It Been Since Your State Raised Its Gas Tax?

    10 states to have gone two decades or more without a gas tax increase.
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    December 23, 2020

    A Visual History of Sales Tax Collection at Amazon.com

    Today, Amazon is collecting state-level sales taxes on all its direct sales but it still usually fails to collect sales tax on the large volume of sales it makes through the Amazon Marketplace. This points to a broader problem in state tax enforcement that lawmakers in many states are moving quickly to address with laws and administrative action requiring tax collection by Amazon and other large online marketplaces such as Etsy and eBay.
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    October 16, 2019

    What is the Gas Tax Rate Per Gallon in Your State?

    Every state levies excise taxes on motor fuel, including gasoline, to pay for transportation infrastructure. People who drive far distances or heavy vehicles tend to pay more tax, which helps offset the wear-and-tear they inflict on the roads.
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    September 6, 2019

    How Do State Tax Sales of Over-the-Counter Medication?

    While most states levy general sales taxes on items that consumers purchase every day, those taxes often contain carveouts for some necessities such as rent, groceries, and medicine. Prescription drugs, for instance, are currently exempt from state sales tax in 44 of the 45 states levying such taxes (Illinois is the only exception, charging a […]
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    August 1, 2019

    How Do Tax Rates on the Poor Compare to Taxes on the Rich in Your State?

    No two state tax systems are the same, but 45 states have one thing in common: Low-income residents are taxed at a higher rate than the top 1 percent.  Effective tax rates for the lowest 20 percent of families range from a high of 17.8 percent in Washington State to a low of 5.5 percent in Delaware.
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    July 17, 2019

    Is Your State Holding Sales Tax Holidays in 2019?

    Lawmakers in many states have enacted “sales tax holidays” (16 states will hold them in 2019), to provide a temporary break on paying the tax on purchases of clothing, school supplies, and other items. While these holidays may seem to lessen the regressive impacts of the sales tax, their benefits are minimal. ITEP’s policy brief […]
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    July 3, 2019

    Which States Have the Highest Tax Rates for Low-income People?

    No two state tax systems are the same, but 45 states have one thing in common: Low-income residents are taxed at a higher rate than the top 1 percent. This map shows the effective tax rates for the lowest-income 20 percent in each state--ranging from a high of 17.8 percent in Washington to a low of 5.5 percent in Delaware.
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    June 27, 2019

    Has Your State Enacted Gas Tax Reform Recently?

    Gas taxes are the most important revenue source that states have available to pay for transportation infrastructure. In recent years, state lawmakers across the country have increasingly agreed that gas taxes must be increased to fund the maintenance and improvement of their infrastructure networks.
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    May 20, 2019

    These States Abandoned Old Gas Tax Structures in Favor of More Sustainable Variable-Rate Gas Taxes

    Because of these reforms, more than 193 million people (or 59 percent of the U.S. population) now live in places where the state gas tax rate automatically varies over time.
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    May 20, 2019

    Gasoline vs. Diesel Taxes in Your State: Which is Taxed More?

    Twenty-six states and the District of Columbia tax these two fuel types at the same rate or very similar rates, as of April 2019, according to data from the American Petroleum Institute.
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    May 18, 2019

    How Heavily Does Your State Rely on Sales Taxes?

    Consumption taxes (including general sales taxes, excise taxes on specific products, and gross receipts taxes) are an important revenue source for state and local governments. While five states lack state-level general sales taxes (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon), every state levies taxes on some types of consumption.
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    May 18, 2019

    What is the Diesel Fuel Tax Rate in Your State?

    The tax rates identified in this map include state and local excise and sales taxes on diesel fuel, as well as various fees, as calculated by the American Petroleum Institute (API). These taxes are levied in addition to the federal government’s 24.4-cent-per-gallon diesel tax.

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