The state's tax burden is driven largely by its sales and excise taxes, which alone account for 7.17 percent of residents' income - the highest in the nation. The state also collects 4.18 percent ...

"Whether getting rid of [the property tax] would be a good idea depends a lot on what you'd replace it with." Replacing local property taxes with state sales taxes—as some states have proposed ...

Arkansas’ grocery sales tax will end on Jan. 1. The same is true in Illinois. In Kansas and Oklahoma, shoppers stopped having to pay a state sales tax on groceries in January and August, respectively.

To help ease the financial burden for parents, 16 states are offering sales tax holidays, giving consumers a little break on the cost of these back-to-school supplies. Here are the states ...

Arkansas has become the latest in a string of states to end its grocery sales tax. Kansas shoppers stopped having to pay a ...

When you factor in those local taxes, Alabama has one of the highest sales tax rates in the U.S. However, of the 41 states that impose an income tax, Alabama is the only one to exempt overtime pay.

Oklahoma, Kansas and Virginia have all eliminated their state tax on groceries in recent years, and Illinois and Arkansas expect to do the same at the start of next year. With high prices at the ...