From the Wall Street Journal last Thursday.
Showing the ranking of tax burden, from heaviest to lightest, based on income, property, and other state and local tax collections by The Tax Foundation, a Washington think-tank that supports lower taxes:
1.) New York 12.9%
2.) Maine 12.3%
3.) Ohio 11.3%
4.) Hawaii 11.3%
5.) Rhode Island 11.1%
6.) Wisconsin 11.1%
7.) Utah 10.8%
8.) West Virginia 10.6%
9.) Connecticut 10.6%
10.) Minnesota 10.5%
11.) Idaho 10.4%
12.) Vermont 10.4%
13.) Michigan 10.2%
14.) Nebraska 10.2%
15.) New Jersey 10.1%
16.) Indiana 10.1%
17.) Kentucky 10.0%
18.) Georgia 10.0%
19.) Mississippi 10.0%
20.) Arizona 10.0%
21.) Washington 9.9%
22.) Kansas 9.9%
23.) Louisiana 9.9%
24.) Maryland 9.9%
25.) Arkansas 9.9%
26.) California 9.8%
Showing the ranking of tax burden, from heaviest to lightest, based on income, property, and other state and local tax collections by The Tax Foundation, a Washington think-tank that supports lower taxes:
1.) New York 12.9%
2.) Maine 12.3%
3.) Ohio 11.3%
4.) Hawaii 11.3%
5.) Rhode Island 11.1%
6.) Wisconsin 11.1%
7.) Utah 10.8%
8.) West Virginia 10.6%
9.) Connecticut 10.6%
10.) Minnesota 10.5%
11.) Idaho 10.4%
12.) Vermont 10.4%
13.) Michigan 10.2%
14.) Nebraska 10.2%
15.) New Jersey 10.1%
16.) Indiana 10.1%
17.) Kentucky 10.0%
18.) Georgia 10.0%
19.) Mississippi 10.0%
20.) Arizona 10.0%
21.) Washington 9.9%
22.) Kansas 9.9%
23.) Louisiana 9.9%
24.) Maryland 9.9%
25.) Arkansas 9.9%
26.) California 9.8%
