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skymedlock

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The taxes Texas levies on specific items like tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, and gasoline are known as _____ taxes.
 
  a. corporation franchise
  b. general sales
  c. excise or selective sales
  d. gross receipts
  e. severance

Question 2

In Texas, property taxes _____.
 
  a. have been collected by the state government since 1982
 b. are used to fund local governments, not the state government
 c. do not exist
 d. make up a significant percentage of state revenues
 e. have been collected by the state government since 1982 and make up a significant percentage of state revenues



Kdiggy

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b



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