Most Tax Burdened States 2017 (sales, good schools, income)
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24/7 Wall Street gathered data from the Tax Foundation to determine which state's residents paid greatest percentage of their income to taxes, the top 10 results are below:
1) New York - 12.7%
2) Connecticut - 12.6%
3) New Jersey - 12.2%
4) California - 11%
5) Illinois - 11%
6) Wisconsin - 11%
7) Maryland - 10.9%
8) Rhode Island - 10.8%
9) Minnesota - 10.8%
10) Massachusetts - 10.3%
Connecticut, being the wealthiest state, pays the most dollar amount per capita.
And yet there are people who live in those states, love them, and wouldn't move anywhere else. One person's aching bellyache is another's yawn. Not everyone is obsessed and foaming at the mouth over taxes.
Persons in those states could easily throw out their own lists of states most burdened with ________. No state exists in perfection. I'm glad and thankful we have choices, unlike other countries. Appreciate the US or go elsewhere.
Last edited by Thoreau424; 02-21-2018 at 01:07 PM..
And the things I receive in a high tax county in a high tax state are worth every penny to me. I have well maintained sidewalks, street lighting, police and fire protection, wonderful schools, lovely parks, and a fantastic community beach.
I could horde all my money in jars buried in my yard but it would be kind of a waste as there would be no roads to take me anywhere and nowhere to spend it.
Taxes aren't the boogeyman they're made out to be. They can be a good investment in the greater good and bettering of a community.
One of the reasons I moved out of NYC to Nashville but not the only one.
Welcome to TN; we are 47/50 in overall tax burden. My DH is from upstate New York, after so many years I still can't get over how ridiculous the taxes are up there. His parents pay $5000 a year for property taxes for a $150k house. That plus state income, plus tolls, more expensive gas, my goodness it all adds up fast.
And to the poster who said taxes are great, we have great roads, parks, good schools too, and pay little taxes. Our sales tax is high, however. If anyone likes paying taxes, good for them. I cringe.... I know how to handle my money I work for more than Uncle Sam. We aren't deprived of anything here.
24/7 Wall Street gathered data from the Tax Foundation to determine which state's residents paid greatest percentage of their income to taxes, the top 10 results are below:
1) New York - 12.7%
2) Connecticut - 12.6%
3) New Jersey - 12.2%
4) California - 11%
5) Illinois - 11%
6) Wisconsin - 11%
7) Maryland - 10.9%
8) Rhode Island - 10.8%
9) Minnesota - 10.8%
10) Massachusetts - 10.3%
Connecticut, being the wealthiest state, pays the most dollar amount per capita.
You should show that last sentence to the conservatives in Mississippi and Alabama and all those other wonderful bottom tier states and see how they react.
Welcome to TN; we are 47/50 in overall tax burden. My DH is from upstate New York, after so many years I still can't get over how ridiculous the taxes are up there. His parents pay $5000 a year for property taxes for a $150k house. That plus state income, plus tolls, more expensive gas, my goodness it all adds up fast.
And to the poster who said taxes are great, we have great roads, parks, good schools too, and pay little taxes. Our sales tax is high, however. If anyone likes paying taxes, good for them. I cringe.... I know how to handle my money I work for more than Uncle Sam. We aren't deprived of anything here.
Even as a liberal it is great not paying super high taxes and getting nothing in return for your investment. I don't mind helping the poor out but let me do that with my own charities and not with higher taxes.
Even as a liberal it is great not paying super high taxes and getting nothing in return for your investment. I don't mind helping the poor out but let me do that with my own charities and not with higher taxes.
I'd bet the bulk of the increase in taxes compared to higher-tax states is going to schools and infrastructure.
I'd bet the bulk of the increase in taxes compared to higher-tax states is going to schools and infrastructure.
Never trust any US politicians I bet all the money goes to funding wars.
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