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A Mill is 1/10 of a cent or 1/100 of a dollar. To find the number of Mills, one must divide the tax rate by the decimal .001.

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Tax rate can be viewed as a decimal, percent, per 100, per 1000, and a mill

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Assessed Value is defined as the value of property for purposes of computing property taxes.

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If a person owns property, they are liable to pay property tax.

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On June 1, Angel Rowe bought a fur coat for a retail price of $5,000. Sales tax is 7% with an excise tax of 8%. Her total cost is as follows:

$5,000
+    350 sales tax (.07 x $5,00)
+     400 excise tax (.08 x $5,000)
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$5,750

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Excise is paid in addition to sales tax and is based on a certain retail price of a given service or product.

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Total sales typically include the sales tax, therefore sales tax must be deducted from the total sales in order to calculate actual sales.

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In the United States, 45 states have sales tax, 28 out of these 45 exempt food.