ThinkTennessee: Tennessee’s Working Families Are Paying More Than Their Fair Share of Taxes
ITEP Work in ActionA new fact sheet released today by nonpartisan think tank ThinkTennessee finds that while Tennessee has one of the lowest overall tax burdens in the nation, its low-income families face a higher effective tax rate than both wealthier families and businesses. The analysis comes on the heels of Tax Day when millions of individual income tax returns are due to be submitted to the federal government.