Where taxes come from?

Question

Looking for a link to the breakdown on where taxes come from!
Neo-cons all claim how much the wealthy pay in taxes, but dont most taxes come from alchol and tobacco

The link that was posted shows the facts
only 45% of taxes are from Income Tax!

http://ftp2.census.gov/govs/statetax/05staxss.xls

An average of $2190.00 per person
That means that I pay way above average
and I got a tax break of 19 cents a week!

How many conservatives on here paid more than average?

Answer 1

Not even close.
http://ftp2.census.gov/govs/statetax/05staxss.xls

Answer 2

Very interesting!
Maybe this will help end the barrage of liberal slurs on here!
Looks like most working people pay as much or more than the wealthy! And the wealthy try to make everyone feel sorry for them! The tax rate is not uniform nor the deductions allowed the whole system needs reformed so every one in every income class pays the same percentage of their incomes.

Answer 3

Taxes are paid to state and federal government by most monetary transaction, such as income earned and sales of goods.

Whatever is the most consumable like, gasoline, tobacco, alcohol, things that people are really hooked on and need a lot is what provides big revenue to big brother.

Answer 4

well at last a intelligent question. taxes come from many sources. take a truck delivering everything yiou got for instance. I pay a federal excise tax on the truck when i buy it 2.5 percent. add a 3 % fet on the tires. Fill it up 300 gallons of fuel with a thirty cent federal tax per gallon. Then add in from sixteen to thirty two cents per gallon state diesel tax. add from 5 to 8 percent state sales tax per dollar. then add from 1/2 cent to 1 and 1/2 cent local taxes. now I am ready to haul a load right. wrong answer. First I have to have a base plate about 1100 dollars. then an Ifta sticker about 30 dollars then a Federal Heavy Vechicle Use Tax sticker. 550 dollars. This load Im hauling goes to Ohio from Memphis Tennessee so i got to have a Tennesse Permit 15 dollars and one for Kentucky Weight And Distance 28 cents per mile traveled in Kentucky then a permit for Ohio 24 dollars. the list goes on and on one permit per state at about 20 dollars. Then lets get the trailer permits about 10 dollars per state. then i have to pay corporate taxes and property taxes in the county where i reside on both the trailer and the truck. Then when i pay myself The damn government then gets about 26 percent of what is left after deductions factor an additional 15.5 % social tax and 4% self employment tax on tyhe net then add 5 to 8% state income tax. next lets add 7% sales tax on everything i buy. but i got the last laugh because you are in the same boat. and of the gross national product about fifty four percent goes to support do nothin bureaurats.

Answer 5

Dude, I'm gonna move to Flor, texas, washington or nevada. No personal income tax for any of those states.

When our country started most taxws did come from Liquor or tobacco, however, now it is from just about everywhere.

Answer 6

uh you forgot income tax. the wealthy do pay the majority of income taxes. look up the figures. poor people don't have incomes that are taxed -- they get what is called a tax credit -- which is a subsidy. The EITC is nothing more than a welfare program disguised as a tax "credit".

don't forget the other taxes.... sales, consumer taxes, property tax, property gains, death, etc. etc.

Answer 7

Alcohol, tobacco, clothing, food, traded goods. But I think that most of the taxes still come from the taxpayers though.

Answer 8

No. There are far more tax payers than smokers and drinkers.