Tax Data, Charts, and Maps
Sales & Use Taxes
Sales taxes are a form of excise levied when a good or services is sold to its final consumer. Sales taxes are levied at both the state and local level, and commonly exempt food, utilities and other necessities from taxation. Since state sales taxes only apply to purchases within a state's borders, they are typically accompanied by a use tax that applies to the use, storage, or other consumption within the state of goods or services purchased out of state.
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Tax Data from The Tax Foundation
- State Business Tax Climate Index-- Sales Tax Index, 2010, September 22, 2009
- State Sales, Gasoline, Cigarette, and Alcohol Tax Rates by State, 2000-2009, July 10, 2009
- State General Sales Tax Collections Per Capita, Fiscal Year 2007* , February 5, 2009
- State Selective Sales Tax Collections Per Capita, Fiscal Year 2007 , February 5, 2009
- Map: Combined State and Local Sales Tax Rates, 2008, November 30, 2008
- State and Local General Sales and Gross Receipts Tax Collections Per Capita and Per Household, Fiscal Year 2006 , July 20, 2008
- State and Local General Sales Tax Collections Per Capita and Per Household, Fiscal Year 2006 , July 20, 2008
- State General Sales Tax Collections Per Capita and Per Household, Fiscal Year 2006 , June 3, 2008
- General Sales Tax Collections by State, Fiscal Year 2006, June 28, 2007
- Dates of Adoption of Major State Taxes, January 1, 2005
Maps
- Map: Sales Tax Average Rates, October 19, 2009