The U.S. Census Bureau
 
State Government Tax Collections: 2003
(Amounts in thousands. Per capita amounts in dollars. Revised February 2005)
Item  TENNESSEE
 Amount  Per Capita
   
Population (thousands, 2003)                           5,845  X
   
   Total taxes 8,811,612                       1,507.55
   
Property taxes -  -
Sales and gross receipts 6,860,749                       1,173.78
   General sales and gross receipts 5,414,674                         926.38
   Selective sales taxes 1,446,075                         247.40
      Alcoholic beverages 87,650                           15.00
      Amusements -  -
      Insurance premiums 322,236                           55.13
   
      Motor fuels 815,210                         139.47
      Pari-mutuels -  -
      Public utilities 6,083                             1.04
      Tobacco products 113,925                           19.49
      Other selective sales 100,971                           17.27
   
Licenses 953,999                         163.22
   Alcoholic beverages 2,322                               .40
   Amusements 442                               .08
   Corporation 489,579                           83.76
   Hunting and fishing 24,601                             4.21
   
   Motor vehicle 240,933                           41.22
   Motor vehicle operators 39,095                             6.69
   Public utility 6,118                             1.05
   Occupation and business, NEC 147,051                           25.16
   Other licenses 3,858                               .66
   
Other taxes 996,864                         170.55
   Individual income 115,593                           19.78
   Corporation net income 612,943                         104.87
   Death and gift 85,407                           14.61
   Documentary and stock transfer 150,736                           25.79
   Severance 1,095                               .19
   Other 31,090                             5.32
Abbreviations and symbols:  -  zero or rounds to zero;  (NA)   not available;  (X)   not applicable
2003 Population source: Table NST-EST2004-01 - Annual State Population Estimates:  July 1, 2004, 
   Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau,  released December 22, 2004

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