New Jersey May Be the First State Without an Excise Tax Levy on Recreational Marijuana
New Jersey’s tax design adds another element to the ongoing experiment with legal recreational marijuana in the states.
3 min readHow does New York’s tax code compare? New York has a graduated state individual income tax, with rates ranging from 4.00 percent to 10.90 percent. There are also jurisdictions that collect local income taxes. New York has a graduated corporate income tax, with rates ranging from 6.5 percent to 7.25 percent. New York also has a 4.00 percent state sales tax rate and an average combined state and local sales tax rate of 8.53 percent. New York has a 1.54 percent effective property tax rate on owner-occupied housing value.
New York has an estate tax. New York has a 25.68 cents per gallon gas tax rate and a $5.35 cigarette excise tax rate. The State of New York collects $10,380 in state and local tax collections per capita. New York has $19,407 in state and local debt per capita and has a 92 percent funded ratio of public pension plans. Overall, New York’s tax system ranks 49th on our 2024 State Business Tax Climate Index.
Each state’s tax code is a multifaceted system with many moving parts, and New York is no exception. The first step towards understanding New York’s tax code is knowing the basics. How does New York collect tax revenue? Click the tabs below to learn more! You can also explore our state tax maps, which are compiled from our annual publication, Facts & Figures 2024: How Does Your State Compare?
New Jersey’s tax design adds another element to the ongoing experiment with legal recreational marijuana in the states.
3 min readZoom Video Communications announced that, come November, the company will start collecting and remitting local utility and communications taxes in California, New York, Maryland, and Virginia.
5 min readPresident Joe Biden’s tax plan would yield combined top marginal state and local rates in excess of 60 percent in three states: California, Hawaii, and New Jersey (also New York City).
4 min readState tax revenue collections were down 5.5 percent in FY 2020, driven by a dismal final quarter (April through June) as states began to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While these early losses are certainly not desirable, they are manageable and far better than many feared.
16 min readTaxes on digital services, digital advertising, and the sale or utilization of consumer data, which were already emerging before the #coronavirus crisis, look increasingly attractive to cash-strapped states and localities.
7 min readAnother 1.4 million Americans filed initial regular unemployment benefit claims, the eleventh week of a decline in the rate of new claims, but still among the highest levels in U.S. history. The total number of new and continued claims now stands at 19.3 million, a marked decline from the peak of 24.9 million a month ago.
7 min readMassachusetts, Ohio, and West Virginia have newly extended their income tax filing and payment deadlines to match the July 15 federal deadline.
3 min readOur updated 2020 edition of Facts & Figures serves as a one-stop state tax data resource that compares all 50 states on over 40 measures of tax rates, collections, burdens, and more.
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