Facts & Figures 2023: How Does Your State Compare?
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.
2 min readHow does Oklahoma’s tax code compare? Oklahoma has a graduated state individual income tax, with rates ranging from 0.25 percent to 4.75 percent. Oklahoma has a 4.0 percent corporate income tax rate. Oklahoma also has a 4.50 percent state sales tax rate and an average combined state and local sales tax rate of 8.99 percent. Oklahoma has a 0.76 percent effective property tax rate on owner-occupied housing value.
Oklahoma does not have an estate tax or inheritance tax. Oklahoma has a 20 cents per gallon gas tax rate and a $2.03 cigarette excise tax rate. The State of Oklahoma collects $4,450 in state and local tax collections per capita. Oklahoma has $4,804 in state and local debt per capita and has an 80 percent funded ratio of public pension plans. Overall, Oklahoma’s tax system ranks 19th on our 2024 State Business Tax Climate Index.
Each state’s tax code is a multifaceted system with many moving parts, and Oklahoma is no exception. The first step towards understanding Oklahoma’s tax code is knowing the basics. How does Oklahoma 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?
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.
2 min readStates can better position themselves for success by moving away from economically-damaging taxes like the capital stock tax.
4 min readThe changes put forth in a new package of bills would represent significant pro-growth change for Oklahoma that would set the state up for success in an increasingly competitive tax landscape.
7 min readIndividual income taxes are a major source of state government revenue, accounting for more than a third of state tax collections:
9 min readWhile many factors influence business location and investment decisions, sales taxes are something within policymakers’ control that can have immediate impacts.
11 min readForty-three states adopted tax relief in 2021 or 2022—often in both years—and of those, 21 cut state income tax rates. It’s been a remarkable trend, driven by robust state revenues and an increasingly competitive tax environment.
4 min readAt the end of 2022, prices were 14.6 percent higher than they were two years prior. That’s the fastest inflation rate over any two calendar years since the stagflation era of the late 1970s. State policymakers are understandably interested in bringing any tools at their disposal to bear on the problem. And many of them are reaching for tax policy solutions.
7 min readNew Jersey levies the highest top statutory corporate tax rate at 11.5 percent, followed by Minnesota (9.8 percent) and Illinois (9.50 percent). Alaska and Pennsylvania levy top statutory corporate tax rates of 9.40 percent and 8.99 percent, respectively.
6 min readThe pandemic has accelerated changes to the way we live and work, making it far easier for people to move—and they have. As states work to maintain their competitive advantage, they should pay attention to where people are moving, and try to understand why.
5 min readMost of the 2023 state tax changes represent net tax reductions, the result of an unprecedented wave of rate reductions and other tax cuts in the past two years as states respond to burgeoning revenues, greater tax competition in an era of enhanced mobility, and the impact of high inflation on residents.
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