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  2. Property tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Median household income and taxes. Most local governments in the United States impose a property tax, also known as a millage rate, as a principal source of revenue. [1] This tax may be imposed on real estate or personal property. The tax is nearly always computed as the fair market value of the property, multiplied by an assessment ratio ...

  3. Property tax - Wikipedia

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    The amount of property tax is equal to the tax base x the tax rate voted by the municipality. The tax base is equal to 50% of the cadastral rental value of the property (For non-built properties, this tax base is equal to 80%). To this base is then applied the revaluation coefficient. (It stood at 1.012 for 2020).

  4. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Taxation in the United States. The United States has separate federal, state, and local governments with taxes imposed at each of these levels. Taxes are levied on income, payroll, property, sales, capital gains, dividends, imports, estates and gifts, as well as various fees. In 2020, taxes collected by federal, state, and local governments ...

  5. Land value tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Land value taxation (i.e. property tax applied only to the unimproved value of land) has a long history in the United States dating back from Physiocrat influence on Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin. It is most famously associated with Henry George and his book Progress and Poverty (1879), which argued that because the supply of land is ...

  6. History of taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of taxation in the United States begins with the colonial protest against British taxation policy in the 1760s, leading to the American Revolution. The independent nation collected taxes on imports ("tariffs"), whiskey, and (for a while) on glass windows. States and localities collected poll taxes on voters and property taxes on ...

  7. State tax levels in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Taxation in the United States. 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. This table includes the per capita tax collected at the ...

  8. Tax - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A tax is a mandatory financial charge or levy imposed on a taxpayer (an individual or legal entity) by a governmental organization to support government spending and public expenditures collectively or to regulate and reduce negative externalities. [1] Tax compliance refers to policy actions and individual behavior aimed at ensuring that ...

  9. Economy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. economy is heavily dependent on road transport for moving people and goods. Personal transportation is dominated by automobiles, which operate on a network of four million miles (6.4 million km) of public roads, [337] including one of the world's longest highway systems at 57,000 miles (91,700 km). [338]