enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Sales taxes in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United...

    North Carolina has a state-levied sales tax of 4.75%, effective July 1, 2011, with most counties adding a 2% tax, for a total tax of 6.75% in 51 of the 100 counties. Mecklenburg and Wake counties levy an additional 0.5% tax, which is directed towards funding the light rail system, for a total of 7.25% and the total sales tax in 45 other ...

  3. List of United States Navy ships named after US states

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy...

    SSN-771, CL-56, AG-9, & C-12 were named after American cities also named Columbia. Guam. PG-43, CB-2, LPH-9, T-HST-1. Northern Mariana Islands. USS Saipan (CVL-48) and ( LHA-2 ), both named for the Battle of Saipan, which took place on the island of Saipan, the largest and most populous island and the capital of CNMI. Puerto Rico.

  4. History of Tennessee - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Tennessee

    Tennessee is one of the 50 states of the United States. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. It was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state. Tennessee earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" during the War of 1812, when many Tennesseans helped with the war ...

  5. Federal taxation and spending by state - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_taxation_and...

    Pear, Robert. "Federal Government Uses North's and Midwest's Dollars to Aid the South, Study Says" The New York Times. 8 October 1996. Table. 2007 Population Estimate, US Census; Total Tax Revenue By Type and State Fiscal Year 2007 (XLS) Consolidated Federal Funds Report; 2000 Election Results, Federal Election Commission

  6. List of U.S. state ships - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_ships

    This is a list of official U.S. state ships as designated by each state's legislature. Table ... North Carolina: Shad boat (state historical boat) 1987 [11] [12]

  7. 5 things to know about Tennessee's upcoming sales tax ... - AOL

    www.aol.com/news/5-things-know-tennessees...

    Jul. 27—Tennessee consumers look forward each year to the sales tax holiday on clothes, computers and school supplies. It's timed to back-to-school purchases, but it applies to shoppers of any ...

  8. List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by...

    Alaska Statehood Act, admitting Alaska as a state in the Union as of January 3, 1959. Hawaii Admission Act, admitting Hawaii as a state in the Union as of August 21, 1959. Legal status of Hawaii. List of states and territories of the United States. Federalism in the United States.

  9. State tax levels in the United States - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_tax_levels_in_the...

    State tax levels indicate both the tax burden and the services a state can afford to provide residents. States use a different combination of sales, income, excise taxes, and user fees. Some are levied directly from residents and others are levied indirectly. This table includes the per capita tax collected at the state level.