The exemptions range from extremely generous (Texas) to downright miserly (Delaware).
Tarrant County, which has a countywide exemption rate of 1.27percentt, has 15 private schools with exemption rates ranging from 5.2percentto41percentcent.
During the boom years, the state awarded billions in tax exemptions to companies ranging from industrial giants to small-scale jewelry dealers, nightclubs, restaurants and love hotels.
Currently, all of the states license most child care centers, yet there are still multiple types of licensing exemptions for programs, ranging from church-sponsored centers, to half-day preschool programs, to government-run centers, to those operated by a university or college (NARA & NCCIC, 2010).
This government has yielded to the demands made of it by the aviation industry, ranging from tax exemptions on fuel to turning a blind eye to the environmental impacts of uncontrolled expansion.
Other states have adopted exemption periods for property taxes on renewable energy, ranging from a 5-year exemption period in Oklahoma to a 15-year exemption period in New York.
The new tax regulations, announced by the commerce secretary on Monday, say that maquiladoras, barring certain exemptions, will have to pay tariffs ranging from 2percentto25percentcent on imported components from countries other than the United States and Canada -- Mexico's North American Free Trade Agreement partners.
According to the Center for Responsive Politics, the NFL's Gridiron Political Action Committee spent $854,462 last year on issues ranging from its antitrust exemption to broadcasting laws, but health and safety was a significant focus.
Johnson County, which has an overall exemption rate of 1.55percentt, has five schools with rates ranging from 5.4 to 32.5percentt.
(Individual taxpayers with poor record-keeping can claim a standard refund, ranging from $30 to $60 based on the number of exemptions they claim on their 2006 tax return).
