Washington D. C.
By Kowgirl
@Kowgirl (3489)
United States
October 28, 2009 3:15pm CST
If Washington D.C. isn't a state, then why do the people who live there pay a tax to the USA? And why is it on the map inside the lines of the US as a state. They never teach this in schools and I would like to know. Are the people there exempt from the USA state laws? Do they have to pay a state tax? From what I can find it is part of the state of Maryland,and at one time Virginia. Virginia no longer has anything to do with this "district". Did this decrease it's size?
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3 responses
@dlr297 (5409)
• United States
29 Oct 09
I do not know if they have a state tax, but i live in Tennessee and we do not have a state tax, and their are a few other states that do not have to pay one either. I believe they are Alaska, New Hampshire, Florida, South Dakota, Washington, Nevada, Texas, and Wyoming. I could be wrong but i believe that is the list. I do not know why they have no State Taxes but they do not.
@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
28 Oct 09
It is not a state at all it is a district, the district of Columbia. It is considered a different type of entity.
I have no idea about what kind of taxes they pay,but I am
sure they do have taxes to pay like everyone else.
@ladym33 (10978)
• United States
28 Oct 09
That is a good question, and while it lies on the borders of two states it is still considered a city. Here is what is said about the city itself.
"The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the Territory into a single entity called the District of Columbia. It is for this reason that the city, while legally named the District of Columbia, is known as Washington, D.C. The city is located on the north bank of the Potomac River and is bordered by the states of Virginia to the southwest and Maryland to the other sides"
