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Nebraska collected 55.2% more in pari-mutuels sales tax in 2021

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Of the $7 billion in taxes collected by Nebraska in 2021, $180,000 came from pari-mutuels sales tax, a 55.2 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

Nebraska collected $116,000 in pari-mutuels sales tax in 2020.

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.

Nebraska Tax Collections 2021 vs. 2020
Type of Tax2021 amount2020 amount
Motor vehicle license$117,972,000$106,763,000
Tobacco products sales tax$55,790,000$55,394,000
Public utilities sales tax$53,973,000$60,211,000
General sales and gross receipts taxes$2,382,381,000$2,169,821,000
Motor vehicle operators license$11,523,000$10,433,000
Amusements license$432,000$593,000
Hunting and fishing license$19,575,000$16,417,000
Other license taxes$1,270,000$951,000
Alcoholic beverages license$1,016,000$994,000
Alcoholic beverages sales tax$35,338,000$32,590,000
Corporations in general license$6,988,000$15,738,000
Amusements sales tax$6,180,000$6,060,000
Documentarty and stock transfer taxes$21,139,000$18,581,000
Occupation and business license, NEC$35,995,000$34,767,000
Individual income taxes$3,130,599,000$2,445,647,000
Motor fuels sales tax$415,141,000$397,341,000
Selective sales and gross receipts taxes$658,241,000$642,834,000
Pari-mutuels sales tax$180,000$116,000
Corporations net income taxes$571,220,000$391,164,000
Other selective sales and gross receipts taxes$22,081,000$24,078,000
Severance taxes$2,514,000$2,396,000
Insurance premiums sales tax$69,558,000$67,044,000
Source: U.S. Census Bureau

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