Americans paid a record $374,793,000,000 in general sales and gross receipt taxes to state and local governments in fiscal 2016, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
That was up $1,535,980,000—or about 0.4 percent—from the $373,257,020 in general sales and gross receipt taxes (in constant 2016 dollars) that state and local government collected in fiscal 2015.
Fiscal 2016 was the third year in a row that general sales and gross receipt taxes set a record.
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