Honolulu Star Advertiser: Isles Second Highest in Taxes on the Poor
media mentionHawaii has the second-highest taxes on the poor and the 15th most unfair state and local tax systems in the country, according to a recent report from a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit.
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy issued its 2015 report “Who Pays: A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems” this week. The report measures taxes that will be paid in 2015 by different income groups as a share of their total income.