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Monday Map: Property Taxes on Business Inventory

Today's Monday map focuses on a pernicious aspect of certain state property taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. systems – the inclusion of business inventory in the tax baseThe tax base is the total amount of income, property, assets, consumption, transactions, or other economic activity subject to taxation by a tax authority. A narrow tax base is non-neutral and inefficient. A broad tax base reduces tax administration costs and allows more revenue to be raised at lower rates. . Eleven states (mostly in the South) do this, with a further three states partially taxing inventories.

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