The Providence Journal: RI’s poorest residents pay higher percentage of income in taxes than highest 1 percent
media mention“Rhode Island’s poorest residents can expect to pay nearly twice as much of their income in taxes than the state’s wealthiest 1 percent, according to a new study.
That data ranks Rhode Island fifth-worst in the country for taxes on the poor, worse than its ninth-place ranking two years ago, according to a study released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Economic Progress Institute.”