“As we enter tax season—hurray!—here’s something that might surprise you when you pay your local and state taxes: The less you earn, the greater the share of your income you’re paying in taxes. That’s according to a recent study by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy that set out to assess the fairness of the tax code in each state.”
January 15, 2015
Slate: Study Finds Poorer Families Pay Higher Local Tax Rates Than the Rich
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