“However, pointing to a study done by the Institute on Taxation and Economic policy, the report said the actual correlation between household income and tax burden was the opposite of what respondents thought was fair. In reality, the higher the income, the lesser the percent of taxes taken from a household.”
October 5, 2015
The Voice Kaleo: Hawai’i ranked 3rd for worst fair tax systems
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