Granite State Times

Of the $3.2 billion in taxes collected by New Hampshire in 2021, $566,000 came from pari-mutuels sales tax, an 80.3 percent increase over the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

New Hampshire collected $314,000 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.

Type of Tax	2021 amount	2020 amount
Other selective sales and gross receipts taxes	$400,137,000	$403,769,000
Insurance premiums sales tax	$138,900,000	$134,100,000
Motor vehicle license	$94,400,000	$85,310,000
Tobacco products sales tax	$251,000,000	$209,201,000
Public utilities license	$26,485,000	$24,138,000
Public utilities sales tax	$38,200,000	$42,245,000
Motor vehicle operators license	$10,200,000	$7,836,000
Hunting and fishing license	$12,900,000	$14,362,000
Alcoholic beverages license	$19,030,000	$17,828,000
Amusements license	$325,000	$319,000
Other license taxes	$2,499,000	$2,499,000
Alcoholic beverages sales tax	$13,701,000	$13,176,000
Individual income taxes	$148,648,000	$122,631,000
Corporations in general license	$80,162,000	$75,975,000
Amusements sales tax	$17,936,000	$413,000
Documentarty and stock transfer taxes	$202,700,000	$152,084,000
Occupation and business license, NEC	$226,668,000	$192,402,000
Pari-mutuels sales tax	$566,000	$314,000
Motor fuels sales tax	$117,200,000	$170,001,000
Selective sales and gross receipts taxes	$977,640,000	$973,219,000
Corporations net income taxes	$1,009,975,000	$780,672,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau