In captivity, cougars have lived over 20 years, as compared to 8 â 10 in the wild. At Big Cat Rescue one cougar lived to one month shy of 30 years. Social System and Communication: Cougars are solitary cats and will avoid other individuals except for during mating.
Since January 2017, 5 states (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon) do not levy a sales tax, while Seattle Washington has the highest state sales tax rate at 10.4% (the territory of Puerto Rico has a higher 10.5% value added tax since April 2016).
This week's map shows the state sales tax rate, plus the average local rate, for each state as of January 1, 2014. This data comes from a new sales tax report we released today which will include each stateâs maximum and average local sales tax rates, as well as each state sales tax rate. Tennessee has the highest average combined rate at 9.45%, and is followed closely by Arkansas (9.19%) and Louisiana (8.89%). On the other end of the spectrum are states with no sales taxes: Oregon, Delaware, and New Hampshire. (Click on the map to enlarge it.