The first study came from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which regularly gathers data to show how the tax burden is spread across a state’s population. ITEP’s most recent report, released in January, showed that Arizona was eighth worst state in terms of pushing the tax burden on lower earners because it relies so much on sales and property taxes.
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