Crain’s Detroit Business Journal: In bid to eliminate Michigan income tax, fears of another Kansas

Critics of these tax cuts note that states with no income tax tend to put a higher share of the tax burden on low-income residents.

According to a 2015 report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a nonpartisan research organization, five states with no income tax are ranked among the top 10 most regressive in tax structure. In reaching its conclusion, the report compared the share of personal income paid at different income levels in state and local taxes.

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