No. Sales tax is a states way of generating monies. However, they do levy luxury tax (gas taxes, tobacco taxes, etc.), but it's not considered the same.
It just means that Government entities don't pay tax. The Federal Government for example doesn't pay tax to a State, including things like sales tax or property tax.
It's a federal government tax
Gas tax is an excise tax not a sales tax. It is therefore not deductible for federal income tax purposes.
Gas tax is an excise tax not a sales tax. It is therefore not deductible for federal income tax purposes.
Sales Tax is imposed by State and Local government. Sales tax provides around 11 percent of state tax revenue (on average).
There is a federal excise tax and a state sales tax.
If you are at a store in Missouri and buy something it is Missouri tax. If you buy it on the internet and it is shipped you are charged neither of the "states'" tax. It is basically not taxed since the federal government doesn't have sales tax at this time.
A national sales tax is a consumption-based tax imposed on the sale of goods and services at the federal level. It is collected directly from consumers at the point of sale and is intended to generate revenue for the government. National sales tax can take different forms, such as a value-added tax (VAT) or a goods and services tax (GST).
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Sales Tax is imposed by State and Local government. Sales tax provides around 11 percent of state tax revenue (on average).
No...sales tax is a State level tax...the Federal Gov't is exempt and immune from state taxes. However, the Federal Government does pay taxes on all of our own money. The Federal Reserve is a privately owned bank that prints money and lends it to every US bank - as well as to the US Government, when There's some useful information here, if you'd like to learn more: http://www.federalbudget.com/ (Also, search "The American Dream Movie" for a very well animated explanation.)
No federal sales tax is imposed on home sales at this time. If you sell your home and have a long term capital gain it would be possible that you would have some federal income tax to pay on the sale of your home or house or other business property.