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  2. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The highest sales tax in Washington is on liquor. The spirits sales tax is 20.5% of the value of the product purchased [214] and a $3.7708 per liter spirits liter tax is assessed on spirits sold to consumers. [215] 1 April 2008 saw tax increases in King County (+.001), Kittitas County (+.003), Mason County (+.001), and the city of Union Gap ...

  3. Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana Purchase ( French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. [ 1] In return for fifteen million dollars, [ a] or ...

  4. Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana has three personal income tax brackets, ranging from 2% to 6%. The state sales tax rate is 4.45%, and parishes can levy additional sales tax on top of this. The state also has a use tax, which includes 4% to be distributed to local governments. Property taxes are assessed and collected at the local level.

  5. Discounts and allowances - Wikipedia

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    Trade discounts are given to try to increase the volume of sales being made by the supplier. The discount described as trade rate discount is sometimes called "trade discount". Trade discount is the discount allowed on retail price of a product or something. for e.g. Retail price of a cream is 25 and trade discount is 2% on 25.

  6. Taxation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Taxes are levied on income, payroll, property, sales, capital gains, dividends, imports, estates and gifts, as well as various fees. In 2020, taxes collected by federal, state, and local governments amounted to 25.5% of GDP, below the OECD average of 33.5% of GDP. [ 1]

  7. History of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America. New Orleans, the largest city in the entire South at the time, and strategically important port city, was taken by Union troops on April 25, 1862.

  8. Public holidays in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Several federal holidays are widely observed by private businesses with paid time off. These include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Businesses often close or grant paid time off for New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, and the Day after Thanksgiving, but none of these are federal holidays ...

  9. List of U.S. states and territories by income - Wikipedia

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    t. e. This is a list of U.S. states, territories, and Washington, D.C. by income. Data is given according to the 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates, except for the American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for which the data comes from 2010, as ACS does not operate in these areas. [ note 1]