Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and Wyoming all have no state income tax. Am I missing something, or is this graph just misinformation?
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You are in fact just missing something because having no income tax doesn't mean that poor people aren't being taxed. Think of all the other taxes you pay
...sales tax? I don't believe that that would be higher for lower income individuals, seeing as higher income people would purchase more things that are taxeable than lower income people. The only other tax I can think of is property tax, which again, I would expect to disproportionately be played by higher income people as they are more likely to own property. I'm not saying that taxing the rich is bad, I'm just saying that there is positively no chance that rich people pay less taxes even if you exclude state income tax.
Tax burden is the amount of your income you pay as tax. Poor people spend a larger share of their income.
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- Sales tax
- Property tax
- Income tax
Pretty well every state charges a combination of those to fund their state. Some have all 3, some rely on just 1. But they all combine to be part of a person’s tax burden.
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Who's gonna pay? New Mexico
I’m not used to seeing my state (NJ) on a discussion about tax where it’s painted in a positive light. I know my taxes are high but I can thankfully afford it
Most new York residents are renters and don't pay taxes directly. The cost gets passed onto them by landlords.
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