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Quarterly Summary of State & Local Tax Revenue

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The Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue provides quarterly estimates of state and local government tax revenue at a national level, as well as detailed tax revenue data for individual states.  This quarterly survey has been conducted continuously since 1962. The information contained in this survey is the most current information available on a nationwide basis for government tax collections.

The Local Non-property Tax Survey has been redesigned. A new sample was designed and selected to replace the nonprobability sample used in the past. The first quarter for 2012 presents data from the new sample. Estimates released in the past used the old methodology. We have provided a report that contains the bridge between the old and new units for the fourth quarter of 2010 through the first quarter of 2012. You can access this publication, #2012-3, here [PDF, 220KB] or at the following web page: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/govern.html

Quarterly Tax Information Sheet [PDF, 322KB]

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Table 1 - Latest National Totals of State & Local Taxes

Table 1 of the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue provides national totals of state and local government tax revenue for current and prior quarters, as well as 12-month calculations.

The Third Quarter 2012 data were released on December 18, 2012.

  • Downloadable Data [EXCEL, 28KB]
  • Table 1a TQRR [EXCEL, 27KB]
  • Table 1b CVs [EXCEL, 29KB]
  • Table 1c Margin of Error [EXCEL, 29KB]

Table 2 - Latest National Totals of State Tax Revenue

Table 2 of the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue provides national totals of state government tax revenue for current and prior quarters, as well as 12-month calculations.

The Third Quarter 2012 data were released on December 18, 2012.

  • Downloadable Data [EXCEL, 28KB]

Table 3 - Latest State Tax Collections by State

Table 3 of the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue provides state government tax collections by state and by type of tax for the current quarter.

The Third Quarter 2012 data were released on December 18, 2012.

  • Downloadable Data [EXCEL, 80KB]

A Special Note Concerning Revised Data

Revisions reflect tax collection amounts obtained from three general sources. State and local government respondents have submitted revisions to amounts as originally reported. In other cases, governments have reported data, which we used to replace data that were previously imputed or estimated. Finally, some of the revisions were compiled from government sources, both published and unpublished. Current revisions are noted in each table by an "R" or, for Table 3, by a label next to the applicable figure, for appropriate quarters.


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Source: U.S. Census Bureau | Quarterly Summary of State & Local Taxes | 1 (866) 492-0140 | govs.qtax@census.gov |  Last Revised: December 18, 2012