State Government Tax Collections
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| STATE GOVERNMENT TAX COLLECTIONS: 2008 |
| STATE: UNITED STATES SUMMARY |
| (Thousand Dollars) |
| Source: 2008 Survey of State Government Tax Collections. Data users who create their own estimates |
| using data from this report should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data only. The |
| data in this table are based on information from public records and contain no confidential data. Although |
| the data in this table come from a census of governmental units and are not subject to sampling error, the |
| census results do contain nonsampling error. Additional information on nonsampling error, response rates, |
| and definitions may be found at http://www2.census.gov/govs/statetax/2008stcmethodology.pdf. |
| Item | Amount | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total taxes | 781,784,423 | R | |
| Property taxes | 12,685,598 | ||
| Sales and gross receipts | 360,892,487 | ||
| General sales and gross receipts | 242,232,908 | ||
| Selective sales taxes | 118,659,579 | ||
| Alcoholic beverages | 5,290,145 | ||
| Amusements | 6,548,762 | ||
| Insurance premiums | 15,765,657 | ||
| Motor fuels | 37,632,179 | R | |
| Pari-mutuels | 218,582 | ||
| Public utilities | 14,817,630 | ||
| Tobacco products | 16,068,195 | ||
| Other selective sales | 22,318,429 | R | |
| Licenses | 49,066,849 | R | |
| Alcoholic beverages | 453,507 | ||
| Amusements | 930,221 | ||
| Corporation | 10,436,785 | R | |
| Hunting and fishing | 1,425,281 | ||
| Motor vehicle | 19,557,824 | ||
| Motor vehicle operators | 2,174,842 | ||
| Public utility | 1,165,952 | R | |
| Occupational and business, NEC | 12,061,959 | R | |
| Other licenses | 860,478 | ||
| Income taxes | 327,856,472 | R | |
| Individual income | 277,996,021 | R | |
| Corporation net income | 49,860,451 | R | |
| Other taxes | 31,283,017 | ||
| Death and gift | 5,100,767 | ||
| Documentary and stock transfer | 7,741,401 | ||
| Severance | 17,808,329 | ||
| Other | 632,520 |
| Abbreviations and Symbols: |
| X - not applicable |
| R - figure has been revised as of 12/12/11 |
| U.S. Totals; includes the 50 state governments and does not include the District of Columbia or any local government. |
| Created: December 1, 2009 | Last Revised: December 12, 2011 |