<P> Texas has a "low taxes, low services" reputation . According to the Tax Foundation, Texans' state and local tax burdens rank among the lowest in the nation, 7th lowest nationally; state and local taxes cost $3,580 per capita, or 8.4 percent of resident incomes . Texas is one of seven states that lack a state income tax . </P> <P> Instead, the state collects revenue from property taxes (though these are collected at the county, city, and school district level; Texas has a state constitutional prohibition against a state property tax) and sales taxes . The state sales tax rate is 6.25 percent, but local taxing jurisdictions (cities, counties, special purpose districts, and transit authorities) may also impose sales and use tax up to 2 percent for a total maximum combined rate of 8.25 percent . </P> <P> Texas is a "tax donor state"; in 2005, for every dollar Texans paid to the federal government in federal income taxes, the state got back about $0.94 in benefits . To attract business, Texas has incentive programs worth $19 billion per year (2012); more than any other US state . </P> <P> Texas has the most farms and the highest acreage in the United States . The state is ranked No. 1 for revenue generated from total livestock and livestock products . It is ranked No. 2 for total agricultural revenue, behind California . At $7.4 billion or 56.7 percent of Texas's annual agricultural cash receipts, beef cattle production represents the largest single segment of Texas agriculture . This is followed by cotton at $1.9 billion (14.6 percent), greenhouse / nursery at $1.5 billion (11.4 percent), broilers at $1.3 billion (10 percent), and dairy products at $947 million (7.3 percent). </P>

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