Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP)

November 18, 2009

Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States 3rd Edition

Report • Carl Davis, Matthew Gardner

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Who Pays? is a comprehensive analysis of state and local tax systems in all fifty states. The study, released on November 18, 2009, shows that on average, state and local tax systems require the poorest taxpayers to pay the highest effective tax rates.

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Authors

Carl Davis
Carl Davis

Research Director

Matthew Gardner
Matthew Gardner

Senior Fellow

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