The Montgomery Advertiser: Flat Tax Flawed Approach That Pinches the Poor
media mentionur state’s place in that ranking would be secured forever under Hightower’s bill, which effectively eliminates any threshold for income tax liability. Put simply, if you have any earnings at all, you’d be subject to the income tax.
Who benefits from that? Certainly not lower-income Alabamians. More than half of Alabama families earning less than $18,000 a year – that’s about $8.65 an hour for a 40-hour week – would pay more in state income taxes, according to a study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.