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Residents and visitors to Nebraska paid $5.9 billion in taxes in 2020

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Nebraska collected $5.9 billion in taxes in 2020, a 1.8 percent increase from the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Most tax revenue came from income taxes ($2.8 billion) and sales and gross receipts taxes ($2.8 billion).

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 the bureau and how much was collected.

2020 Nebraska Tax Collections
Type of TaxAmount
Property taxes$128,000
Sales and gross receipts taxes$2,812,655,000
License taxes$186,656,000
Income taxes$2,836,811,000
Miscellaneous taxes$20,977,000
General sales and gross receipts taxes$2,169,821,000
Selective sales and gross receipts taxes$642,834,000
Alcoholic beverages sales tax$32,590,000
Amusements sales tax$6,060,000
Insurance premiums sales tax$67,044,000
Motor fuels sales tax$397,341,000
Pari-mutuels sales tax$116,000
Public utilities sales tax$60,211,000
Tobacco products sales tax$55,394,000
Other selective sales and gross receipts taxes$24,078,000
Alcoholic beverages license$994,000
Amusements license$593,000
Corporations in general license$15,738,000
Hunting and fishing license$16,417,000
Motor vehicle license$106,763,000
Motor vehicle operators license$10,433,000
Public utilities license$0
Occupation and business license, NEC$34,767,000
Other license taxes$951,000
Individual income taxes$2,445,647,000
Corporations net income taxes$391,164,000
Death and gift taxes$0
Documentarty and stock transfer taxes$18,581,000
Severance taxes$2,396,000
Taxes, NEC$0

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