ITEP: States Continue to Place Heavier Tax Burden on Low-Income Taxpayers

ITEP: States Continue to Place Heavier Tax Burden on Low-Income Taxpayers

Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has released its sixth edition of a distributional analysis of state and local tax systems, finding that states continue to tax low- and middle-income households at higher rates than the wealthy, and that state tax systems in 45 states worsen income inequality by making incomes more unequal after taxes.  

Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has released its sixth edition of a distributional analysis of state and local tax systems, finding that states continue to tax low- and middle-income households at higher rates than the wealthy, and that state tax systems in 45 states worsen income inequality by making incomes more unequal after taxes.

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has released its sixth edition of a distributional analysis of state and local tax systems, finding that states continue to tax low- and middle-income households at higher rates than the wealthy, and that state tax systems in 45 states worsen income inequality by making incomes more unequal after taxes.

The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy has released its sixth edition of a distributional analysis of state and local tax systems, finding that states continue to tax low- and middle-income households at higher rates than the wealthy, and that state tax systems in 45 states worsen income inequality by making incomes more unequal after taxes.