Monday Map: Sales Tax Collections Per Capita, Fiscal Year 2010

April 8, 2013

Nick Kasprak

Nick Kasprak

Today's Monday Map shows state and local general sales tax collections per capita for each state during fiscal year 2010 (the latest for which data is available.) Washington State collected the most at $1,770; Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon are at the other end, having no sales tax.

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A 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.

A sales tax is levied on retail sales of goods and services and, ideally, should apply to all final consumption with few exemptions. Many governments exempt goods like groceries; base broadening, such as including groceries, could keep rates lower. A sales tax should exempt business-to-business transactions which, when taxed, cause tax pyramiding.