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  2. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    California has the highest base sales tax rate, 7.25%. Including county and city sales taxes, the highest total sales tax as of September 1, 2013, was in Arab, Alabama, 13.50%. [ 2] Sales tax is calculated by multiplying the purchase price by the applicable tax rate. The seller collects it at the time of the sale.

  3. ‘Things are getting out of control’: Colorado shopper ...

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    But the PIF in turn gets hit by Colorado’s 2.9% sales tax, which gets mighty confusing unless you’re standing in line next to an accountant. To coin a phrase, Teska sounds PIF’d off.

  4. Multistate Tax Commission - Wikipedia

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    The Multistate Tax Commission (MTC) is an interstate instrumentality located in the United States. [1] It is the executive agency charged with administering the Multistate Tax Compact (1967). [2] As of 2021, the District of Columbia and all 50 states except for Nevada are members in some capacity. Commission members, acting together, attempt to ...

  5. Homestead exemption - Wikipedia

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    Property tax exemption. A homestead exemption is most often on only a fixed monetary amount, such as the first $50,000 of the assessed value. The remainder is taxed at the normal rate. A home valued at $150,000 would then be taxed on only $100,000 and a home valued at $75,000 would then be taxed on only $25,000.

  6. Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act - Wikipedia

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    The Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (FIRPTA), enacted as Subtitle C of Title XI (the "Revenue Adjustments Act of 1980") of the Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1980, Pub. L. No. 96-499, 94 Stat. 2599, 2682 (Dec. 5, 1980), is a United States tax law that imposes income tax on foreign persons disposing of US real property ...

  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. 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 ...

  9. Use tax - Wikipedia

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    Resale - Resale certificates are the most commonly used of the sales tax exemption certificates. Sales taxes are applied to retail sales and so sales for the purpose of reselling are exempt to avoid double taxation. Reselling and wholesaling account for $844 billion of the American GDP, or 3.3%. [13]