Spending the Alaska residency check The funds are not taxed by the state (because there's no statewide income tax), but residents do have to pay federal income tax on the payments. It gets claimed as regular income for children and adults.

The Alaska Permanent Fund is a state-owned investment fund established using oil revenues. It has, since 1982, paid out an annual dividend to every man, woman, and child living in Alaska. In 2015, with oil prices high, the dividend totaled $2,072 per person, or $8,288 for a family of four.

Investment earnings on Alaskan mineral royalties are paid out to Alaska residents. It is an annual payment. The amount varies every year but in 2015, 637,014 residents got $2,072 each. Since 1988, the payment has been higher than $800.

The Alaska Permanent Fund is a state-owned investment fund established using oil revenues. It has, since 1982, paid out an annual dividend to every man, woman, and child living in Alaska. In 2015, with oil prices high, the dividend totaled $2,072 per person, or $8,288 for a family of four.

The State of Alaska does not have a tax exemption certificate, as it is not necessary to have one. The Alaska Constitution provides that the State of Alaska is exempt from all taxes emanating from within Alaska.

There are no statewide income or sales taxes in Alaska in fact, residents receive annual checks from the state just for living there (the Permanent Fund Dividend). That doesn't mean Alaskans pay no taxes at all, however. There are still local sales taxes, which range from 0% to 7.5%, as well as property taxes.

Alaska is the only state that does not collect state sales tax or levy an individual income tax. To finance state operations, Alaska depends primarily on petroleum revenues. Some of its cities and other local jurisdictions, however, do collect sales tax revenue.

Residents of Alabama, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, North Dakota, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin pay nothing at all in state vehicle property ...

Many cities, towns and boroughs in Alaska do not levy any property tax. However, the largest cities, including Anchorage, do. Average property taxes in the state are on par with the national average property tax. The average effective property tax rate in both Alaska and the U.S. as a whole is 1.19%.