Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ohio’s Tax System Burdens Middle Class and Poor

In Ohio the top 1 percent of non-elderly residents by income, who earned at least $356,000 in 2012, pay 7 percent of their income in state and local taxes on average. The lowest fifth, who make less than $18,000, pay 11.7 percent on average. Those in the middle, making between $34,000 and $56,000, pay 10.6 percent on average. These were the findings of a just-released report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

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