- Montana, Oregon, Alaska, Delaware, and New Hampshire do not have a general state sales tax.
- These states use alternative revenue sources such as income tax, business taxes, natural resource royalties, and property taxes.
- Political culture and anti-tax sentiment, especially in New Hampshire, make sales tax adoption unlikely in some states.
- The absence of sales tax is used as a marketing tool to attract shoppers and businesses from neighboring states.
- There is ongoing discussion in some states, like Montana, about possibly adopting a sales tax due to fiscal pressures, but no immediate changes are confirmed.
Source: salestaxsolutions.us
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