Here's Where People Pay the Highest (and Lowest) Sales Tax in America
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Adam Hardy
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Few topics are as hotly contested as taxes.
Much of the attention is on paying income taxes, largely overshadowing the most common method of taxation: sales tax. But depending on where you live or do your shopping, your sales tax rate can vary drastically, from zero to over 12%.
That’s because our current sales tax system is a patchwork apparatus with tax rates differing widely by state — and with several states collecting no sales tax whatsoever. States often heavily rely on revenue generated from sales tax, and some localities levy additional sales tax on top of the state rate, which can further jack up the ultimate price consumers pay at the checkout counter.
