Green Mountain Times

In 2020, Vermont collected $15.2 million in death and gift taxes, ranking it 17th 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	New York	$1,070,166,000
2	Pennsylvania	$1,051,259,000
3	Massachusetts	$699,555,000
4	Washington	$634,915,000
5	New Jersey	$436,756,000
6	Illinois	$301,768,000
7	Maryland	$197,169,000
8	Minnesota	$148,779,000
9	Connecticut	$146,650,000
10	Oregon	$113,796,000
11	Iowa	$76,275,000
12	Rhode Island	$56,325,000
13	Kentucky	$48,250,000
14	Hawaii	$45,451,000
15	District of Columbia	$37,249,000
16	Maine	$21,079,000
17	Vermont	$15,168,000
18	North Carolina	$1,279,000
19	California	$282,000
20	Delaware	$211,000
21	Indiana	$139,000
22	Virginia	$81,000
23	Ohio	$76,000
24	Wisconsin	$41,000
25	Missouri	$8,000

Source: U.S. Census Bureau