States don't tax the US. THEY ARE the US. Federal, state, and local taxes are collected through sales tax, property tax, and income tax.
There are no states that are prohibited from taxing by the U. S. Constitution. Such a prohibition may or may not be placed in the State's Constitution or Charter or such.
States have different credits, so you may be bypassing a refund if you do not. It is so simple, it may be worth the time. Check with the taxing authority in your particular state.
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Each state saw itself as a independent place, so they controlled their borders as well as taxing each other when people entered the state.
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No Washington D.C. is not part of Washington the state D.C. is not in a state even it is inbetween two states so as not to create an argument over the favoritism of any one state
In the United States the real estate tax is commonly known as the "real property tax." Although there is no federal tax on real estate at the present time, taxing authorities and taxing districts at the local and state government levels annually tax real and personal property.
By fishing, taxing and by tourists coming to visit.
Depending on which argument you follow, the 13 colonies, pre-United States, was the first "modern" nation-state. Refer to wikipedia or Encyclopedia Britanica.
McCulloch v. Maryland prevented states from taxing the federal government. The state of Maryland was trying to impose a tax on all bank notes of banks not chartered in Maryland. At the time, the only bank of this sort in Maryland was the Second Bank of the United States.
Your question makes makes little sense. You do not state your subject of the argument.