Friday, January 22, 2016

Tax Foundation, State-Local Tax Burden Rankings FY 2012:

During the 2012 fiscal year, state-local tax burdens as a share of state incomes decreased on average across the U.S. Average income increased at a faster rate than tax collections, driving down state-local tax burdens on average.

New Yorkers faced the highest burden, with 12.7 percent of income in the state going to state and local taxes. Connecticut (12.6 percent) and New Jersey (12.2 percent) followed closely behind. On the other end of the spectrum, Alaska (6.5 percent), South Dakota (7.1 percent) and Wyoming (7.1 percent) had the lowest burdens.

Interestingly, the ten states with the highest per capita tax burden voted for Barack Obama in the 2012 presidential election, and eight of the ten states with the lowest per capita tax burden voted for Mitt Romney.

1 New York 12.7% 2 Connecticut 12.6% 3 New Jersey 12.2% 4 Wisconsin 11.0% 5 Illinois 11.0% 6 California 11.0% 7 Maryland 10.9% 8 Minnesota 10.8% 9 Rhode Island 10.8% 10 Pennsylvania 10.2% 41 Mississippi 8.6% 42 Nevada 8.2% 43 Nevada 8.1% 44 New Hampshire 7.9% 45 Louisiana 7.6% 46 Texas 7.6% 47 Tennessee 7.3% 48 Wyoming 7.1% 49 South Dakota 7.1% 50 Alaska 6.5%

https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/01/highest-blue-state-and-lowest-red-states-state-and-local-tax-burdens.html