Sales_Tax_--_Montana

Sales Tax -- Montana It Is Time for Montana to Get Real About Tax Reform Introduction to Montana Taxation Currently, Montana is earning money through property, income, and selective sales taxes. Montana is also receiving close to a dollar and fifty cents for every dollar sent to the federal government (Weaver). This money is being used to provide for the public health, safety, and well-being, mainly through the forms of repairing and maintaining roadways, K-12 and higher education, supporting Malmstrom Air Force base in Great Falls, and proving welfare for those who qualify (Weaver). Somewhere near 65% of the revenue created through property taxes is used for education; the rest is used to run local government, including snow plowing and garbage pickup. This amount needed for education is growing quickly, while the amount needed to run local government remains approximately the same, so additional revenue is now necessary (Weaver). Most of one’s income tax is being used to fund the state government and its numerous programs. Finally, there are selective taxes on gasoline, lodgings, and alcohol and tobacco (known as “sin taxes”). The taxes from the gasoline, plus matching federal funds, are used to repair and expand the tax, state, sales, taxes, montana, should, income, revenue, additional, property, need, money, while, about, people, one, education, young, tobacco, selective, public, paying, pay, nation, make, government, carney, being, weaver, way, voted, time, through, states, since