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Federal Taxes Paid by North Dakotans Reach $7 Billion

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Monday, October 20, 2014   

BISMARCK, N.D. – The amount of federal tax dollars flowing out of North Dakota continues its dramatic rise, according to the latest analysis of local impacts of the federal budget.

Becky Sweger, director of data and technology for the National Priorities Project, says her group’s State Smart project found that residents and businesses in North Dakota paid about $7 billion dollars in federal taxes in 2013, a steep rise from five years ago.

"Back in 2008, it was about $5,732 per person,” she states. “It's a pretty blunt instrument to take taxes per capita like that.

“Obviously not everybody is a taxpayer, but in 2013 that number has jumped to $9,658."

Sweger points out most of those federal taxes coming out of North Dakota were paid by or on behalf of individuals in the form of income taxes, self-employment taxes and payroll taxes.

The analysis also looked at how much is received in North Dakota from the federal budget over the course of a year.

Sweger says that total was also about $7 billion.

"Which seems low until you run that per capita, and then you can see that that's about $9,600 a person over the course of a year," she explains.

The $7 billion received from the federal budget in North Dakota is calculated through direct federal assistance to individuals, federal grants and contracts to business and governments, and the salaries of the federal employees in the state.





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