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| New York Leads U.S. in Taxes, Tennessee Is Last |
| 2004-09-10 |
| EFL New Yorkers pay the highest state and local taxes in the nation, shelling out nearly $131 for every $1,000 of income in 2002, according to a new study. Tennessee taxed its citizens the least -- they paid just under $84 for every $1,000 of income. Massachusetts, ridiculed in the 1980s as "Taxachusetts" fell to 40th in 2002, as its residents only paid $96 in taxes for every $1,000 of income, according to a Boston-based business group. Is this accurate or are there hidden charges? Is it possible that a Boston-based business group might fiddle the numbers? |
| Posted by:Super Hose |
| #7 5032, I thnk the numbers were calculated to make Massachusetts look good. Mass fell to 40 and the report is released by a Boston based business group. It appears to me that a Boston-based business group decided that massaging the stats would be good for a Boston-based business group. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-09-10 5:05:25 PM |
| #6 What about Alaska? Doesn’t the state pay residents oil royalties? Shouldn’t that be factored into a state/local tax rate? |
| Posted by: Anonymous5032 2004-09-10 1:10:33 PM |
| #5 I'll be a Cavalry trooper in the Confederate Army except for one scenario where we all dress Union. Th Tigers will have to get along without me. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-09-10 12:41:58 PM |
| #4 Mr. Blues: participant or spectator? No Titans home game that weekend so traffic should be good. But wait! Auburn is at UT that weekend! You're not going to Neyland? |
| Posted by: Pyscho Hillbilly 2004-09-10 11:33:36 AM |
| #3 Having lived in Tennessee for the last 14 years I do appreciate the low taxes. I lived in Boston, New York City, and Portland Oregon. Oregon has no sales tax but the income tax and property taxes were extreme. When I was in Boston the income tax was pretty high, too. Off topic, Hillbilly, I'll be at the Battle of Franklin the first weekend in October. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2004-09-10 10:09:54 AM |
| #2 Thank you Mrs. D. We did have a bit of a "tax reform" scare a couple of years ago. The outgoing Gov., Emperor Don, as I call him, was dead set on an income tax. A few bricks through the Capitol's and the Emperor's windows realigned their priorities. I had a nice view of the festivities from across the street. The whole state rose up to fight that one. Excepting Memphis which is our own little welfare enclave. |
| Posted by: Pyscho Hillbilly 2004-09-10 9:42:06 AM |
| #1 Congrats Vols! |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2004-09-10 9:25:29 AM |