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For US federal income tax purposes, state and local taxes are defined in section 164(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as taxes paid to states and localities in the forms of: (i) real property taxes; (ii) personal property taxes; (iii) income, war profits, and excess profits taxes; and (iv) general sales taxes.
LOSTs are always appended onto a state's base sales tax rate, most commonly at a rate of 1%. For example, in Iowa, the base sales tax rate is 6% statewide, or six cents per dollar. [1] [2] If a city or county in Iowa were to implement a local option sales tax, this would result in a 7% sales tax rate, or seven cents per dollar. Since a LOST is ...
State taxes are generally treated as a deductible expense for federal tax computation, although the 2017 tax law imposed a $10,000 limit on the state and local tax ("SALT") deduction, which raised the effective tax rate on medium and high earners in high tax states.
The Bradley-Burns tax revenues have received constitutional protection through voter-approved measures. Proposition 1A in 2004 and Proposition 22 in 2010 prohibit the state from reducing the local sales and use tax rate or altering its allocation method, ensuring a level of fiscal stability for local governments. [5]
A special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST) is a financing method for funding capital outlay projects in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is an optional 1% sales tax levied by any county for the purpose of funding the building of parks , schools , roads , and other public facilities. [ 1 ]
Similarly, where a non-profit organization may be exempt from equipment taxes and sales taxes, its mission may permit payment of an agreed PILOT to the local tax authorities, to offset the impact upon local services funded by town residents. The size of such payments can be controversial, especially where the organization appears to have ...
State tax levels indicate both the tax burden and the services a state can afford to provide residents. States use a different combination of sales , income , excise taxes , and user fees . Some are levied directly from residents and others are levied indirectly.