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Where Each U.S. State Gets Its Tax Revenue From

39 points • by peter_d_sherman • today at 3:02 PM • 18 comments • view on HN

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kevin_thibedeau • today at 3:55 PM

They need to show distribution of federal funds because it is not fairly allocated.

somat • today at 4:30 PM

I suspect "other" is mining or equivalent natural exploitation(oil)

And pet peeve, personal income tax and corporate income tax are almost the same thing. With few exceptions the individual person does not pay their income tax, the corporation does, and for those exceptions the individual is the corporation. Income tax is really a sales tax on a corporation biggest expense, it's payroll.

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hbarka • today at 4:36 PM

Interesting as a percentage but convert the axis to actual dollars for the real story.

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beembeem • today at 4:22 PM

A few observations (these are all on a relative basis, as the chart shows):

- NH gets nearly 2/3 of its revenue from property taxes

- OR raises more of its revenue than CA in income tax

- TN/AZ are a close 2nd/3rd to WA in sales tax revenue

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logankeenan • today at 4:38 PM

A good portion of revenue is from property taxes. A property tax is a wealth tax. I always find the discussion interesting around wealth taxes on billionaires equity when the average worker has typically always paid a wealth tax on their largest asset.

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dorianmariecom • today at 3:43 PM

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devmor • today at 3:45 PM

I wonder if Delaware's massively oversized license tax portion is simply because so many companies incorporate there.