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  2. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The exact dollar or percentage amount to be added must be quoted to customers within or along with the price. The 0.5% surcharge on Oahu was implemented to fund the new rail transport system. As with sales tax in other states, nonprofit organizations may apply for an exemption from the tax. [98]

  3. List of unicorn startup companies - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet: 1+ May 2020 [554] Educational technology United States Revolution Precrafted 1+ October 2017 [555] Architecture Philippines Rubicon Global: 1+ September 2017 [556] Waste management: United States Sennder 1+ January 2021 [557] Logistics Germany Shift Technology 1+ May 2021 [558] Artificial intelligence France Shippo: 1+ June 2021 [559 ...

  4. Economy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States has a highly developed mixed economy. [44] [45] [46] It is the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and second largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). [47]As of 2024, it has the world's sixth highest nominal GDP per capita and eighth highest GDP per capita by PPP). [10]

  5. Sales tax - Wikipedia

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    The Roman emperor Augustus collected funds for his military aerarium in AD 6 with a one percent general sales tax, known as the centesima rerum venalium (hundredth of the value of everything sold). [35] The Roman sales tax was later reduced to a half percent (ducentesima) by Tiberius, then abolished completely by Caligula. [36]

  6. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Between 1983 and 2007, the top 5 percent saw their debt fall from 80 cents for every dollar of income to 65 cents, while the bottom 95 percent saw their debt rise from 60 cents for every dollar of income to $1.40. [140] Krugman found a strong correlation between inequality and household debt during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries ...

  7. 1978 California Proposition 13 - Wikipedia

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    Proposition 13 sets the assessed value of properties at the time of purchase (known as an acquisition value system), with a possible 2% annual assessment increase. As a result, properties of equal value can have a great amount of variation in their assessed value, even if they are next to each other. [ 32 ]

  8. Extreme poverty - Wikipedia

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    Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population). Based on World Bank data ranging from 1998 to 2018. [20]Extreme poverty is defined by the international community as living below $1.90 a day, as measured in 2011 international prices (equivalent to $2.12 in 2018).

  9. Kansas - Wikipedia

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    As a percentage of personal income, it was at 3.8%—above the median value of 2.5% for all rated states and having risen from a value of less than 1% in 1992. The state has a statutory requirement to maintain cash reserves of at least 7.5% of expenses at the end of each fiscal year; however, lawmakers can vote to override the rule, and did so ...