Tax Foundation

Alabama’s Reliance On Sales Tax

Report: Alabama ranks in the middle of states--29.9%

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From the Tax Foundation “Today’s map highlights the extent to which sales taxes are responsible for tax revenue generation in each state. Washington – lacking both a corporate and an individual income tax but levying the harmful gross receipts tax on businesses – relies the most on sales tax revenue, which accounts for 45.9 percent of total tax collections. Tennessee,…