A tax credit will not help the millions who pay sales and payroll taxes but no income tax.
"We lost the high-paying jobs, the people who pay more real estate taxes, higher sales taxes and support various elements of the economy."
Both individuals and businesses pay sales and use taxes.
Generally, nonprofit organizations are required to pay sales or use tax on items purchased for their own use.
Different states have enacted state laws that exempt the federal government from having to pay sales or use tax.
Persons who fail to properly pay sales and use tax when due are also subject to penalties.
In the city, residents pay higher sales taxes and a tax on personal income, among other things.
Most illegal immigrants pay sales, federal and state income taxes.
Insurance companies, it said, pay sales representatives more for selling retirement products than mutual fund distributors do.
Arts nonprofits pay no property, sales or corporate income taxes and provide few jobs for average Americans.