Easy way...

my %states;
@states{@db_state} = (1) x @db_state;
@add = grep { !exists $states{$_} } @tax_ids;
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should work... but untested. Put all states known in a hash, then grep tax_ids dropping any states you already have, by looking for them in the hash and keeping those that don't exist

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