Peach Tree Times

In 2022, Georgia collected $55,673,000 in corporations in general license, ranking it 22nd in the United States, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC).

The STC survey includes five broad tax categories and up to 25 subcategories. Data is gathered from all 50 state governments and all dependent state-level entities.

The Census Bureau cautions it sets the tax classifications among the survey categories, and they may differ from the classifications set by the state governments.

Below is a breakdown of how taxes were classified by the bureau and how much was collected.

Rank	State	Amount
1	Delaware	$2,210,216,000
2	Tennessee	$1,535,207,000
3	Oregon	$1,262,333,000
4	North Carolina	$1,012,322,000
5	New Jersey	$719,362,000
6	Louisiana	$389,642,000
7	Illinois	$342,853,000
8	Florida	$278,526,000
9	Texas	$276,856,000
10	Ohio	$234,925,000
11	Mississippi	$220,789,000
12	Alabama	$207,653,000
13	South Carolina	$163,072,000
14	Maryland	$140,820,000
15	Kentucky	$121,266,000
16	Nevada	$92,114,000
17	California	$91,871,000
18	New Hampshire	$84,348,000
19	Iowa	$79,982,000
20	Virginia	$78,259,000
21	Oklahoma	$62,716,000
22	Georgia	$55,673,000
23	Washington	$54,390,000
24	New Mexico	$50,255,000
25	Arkansas	$42,395,000
26	Connecticut	$36,591,000
27	Michigan	$34,998,000
28	Wisconsin	$29,726,000
29	Massachusetts	$28,332,000
30	Colorado	$24,014,000
31	Wyoming	$21,559,000
32	Arizona	$20,463,000
33	Minnesota	$16,259,000
34	Kansas	$14,870,000
35	Nebraska	$14,009,000
36	Maine	$13,011,000
37	Indiana	$11,747,000
38	Rhode Island	$8,873,000
39	South Dakota	$8,059,000
40	Montana	$7,694,000
41	Idaho	$6,128,000
42	Vermont	$3,292,000
43	Pennsylvania	$2,984,000
44	Hawaii	$2,415,000
45	West Virginia	$1,079,000
46	Utah	$423,000
47	New York	$219,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau