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Show The Sales Tax. Eighteen states have adopted sales tax laws. They are Arizona, California, Cali-fornia, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Mis-souri, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Da-kota, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. The Georgia law expired in 1931. Califcrnia estimates that it will receive $15,000,000 from its two and one-half per cent, sales tax for trie last quarter of 1933. Illinois aas become the first state to abolish a state tax on property by relying upon a sales tax as a substitute source of revenue to raise $35,000,-000 $35,000,-000 annually for the operation of State government. Hereafter property prop-erty will only be taxed for counties, cities and school districts. |