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Wisconsin collected 22.6% more in pari-mutuels sales tax in 2020

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Of the $20.1 billion in taxes collected by Wisconsin in 2020, $402,000 came from pari-mutuels sales tax, a 22.6 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Wisconsin collected $328,000 in pari-mutuels sales tax in 2019.

The STC survey includes five broad tax categories and up to 25 subcategories. Data is gathered from all 50 state governments and all dependent state-level entities.

The Census Bureau sets the tax classifications among the survey categories and cautions they may differ from the classifications set by the state governments.

Below is a breakdown of how taxes were classified by subcategory and how much was collected.

Wisconsin Tax Collections 2020 vs. 2019
Type of Tax2020 amount2019 amount
Occupation and business license, NEC$366,313,000$371,710,000
General sales and gross receipts taxes$5,836,215,000$5,695,550,000
Other selective sales and gross receipts taxes$441,442,000$442,894,000
Pari-mutuels sales tax$402,000$328,000
Taxes, NEC$14,606,000$14,086,000
Corporations net income taxes$1,441,416,000$1,343,532,000
Motor vehicle license$657,150,000$525,370,000
Tobacco products sales tax$661,240,000$599,794,000
Alcoholic beverages sales tax$63,263,000$62,124,000
Amusements license$449,000$603,000
Alcoholic beverages license$2,001,000$2,011,000
Death and gift taxes$41,000$6,000
Public utilities license$66,173,000$67,197,000
Public utilities sales tax$350,881,000$360,211,000
Other license taxes$7,279,000$6,809,000
Hunting and fishing license$93,204,000$86,015,000
Motor fuels sales tax$1,103,699,000$1,116,530,000
Individual income taxes$8,514,409,000$8,759,680,000
Selective sales and gross receipts taxes$2,861,597,000$2,798,804,000
Corporations in general license$23,956,000$25,399,000
Documentarty and stock transfer taxes$77,430,000$77,388,000
Insurance premiums sales tax$240,503,000$216,754,000
Motor vehicle operators license$39,578,000$41,216,000
Severance taxes$11,990,000$11,531,000
Amusements sales tax$167,000$169,000
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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