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Business Costs <br />Sales and Use Tax <br />• Minnesota exempts capital equipment used in the manufacturing <br />process from the sales tax, and there are several other major <br />exemptions for businesses, including fees for equipment installation <br />and repair, and most services. Also exempted are utilities, chemicals and <br />gases used in industrial production. In Minnesota, only certain services are <br />taxable. <br />Sales and Use Tax <br />State Sales <br />State and Use Tax <br />Rate <br />Maximum <br />Local Sales Tax Rate <br />Total State and <br />Local Sales Tax <br />Rate <br />Tax on <br />Manufacturing <br />Machinery <br />Illinois 6.250% <br />3.5% (Chicago) <br />9.750% No <br />Minnesota 6.875% <br />0.9% (Minneapolis), <br />0.25% (Ramsey) <br />7.125% No* <br />Ohio 5.50% <br />Indiana 7.00% <br />Michigan 6.000% <br />Wisconsin 5.000% <br />*Refunded. <br />**A local income tax is assessed. <br />Source: 2011 State Tax Handbook, CCH Incorporated. <br />Commercial and Industrial Property Tax <br />• Minnesota exempts personal <br />property like machinery and <br />inventory from the property <br />tax, resulting in a lower effective <br />tax rate for real and personal <br />property. As a result, businesses <br />whose equipment and inventory <br />values are high, relative to their <br />real estate value, pay a lower <br />effective tax rate than in states <br />that impose such taxes. <br />• The effective tax rate for <br />industrial businesses in <br />Minneapolis (1.294 percent) is <br />lower than those of other cities <br />in the Midwest such as <br />Detroit (2.723 percent); <br />Kansas City (2.158 percent); and <br />Des Moines (1.740 percent). <br />1.25% (Middletown) <br />1.0% (Indianapolis) <br />0.0% (Detroit)** <br />0.6% (Milwaukee) <br />6.75% <br />8.00% <br />6.000% <br />5.600% <br />Property Tax Base <br />State <br />Minnesota <br />Tax on Personal <br />Property <br />No <br />Tax on Intangible Tax on <br />Property Inventories <br />No No <br />Illinois <br />Ohio <br />Indiana <br />Michigan <br />Wisconsin <br />No <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Yes <br />Source: 2011 State Tax Handbook, CCH Incorporated. <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />Property Tax on a $2.5 Million -Valued Urban Industrial Property, <br />Payable Year 2009 <br />State <br />City <br />Net Tax <br />Effective Tax Rate <br />Rank <br />Indiana <br />Indianapolis <br />$51,900 <br />2.076% <br />7 <br />Minnesota <br />Minneapolis $32,342 <br />1.29% <br />24 <br />Illinois <br />Ohio <br />Michigan <br />Wisconsin <br />Chicago <br />Columbus <br />Detroit <br />Milwaukee <br />$28,331 <br />$22,226 <br />$68,072 <br />$26,039 <br />1.13% <br />0.889% <br />2.72% <br />1.04% <br />Source: Minnesota Taxpayers Association, "50-State Property Comparison Study," April 2010. <br />32 <br />42 <br />2 <br />37 <br />Minnesota has competitive advantages that make it a leading state for doing business. 15 <br />