MBPC: Highest income residents pay lowest share of income in state and local taxes

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Highest income residents pay lowest share of income in state and local taxes

A new study released today by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) finds that the highest income taxpayers in Massachusetts, and across the country, pay a smaller share of their income in state and local taxes than do low and middle income taxpayers. Read the study HERE. The study, Who Pays?, analyzes tax systems in all 50 states and factors in all major state and local taxes, including personal and corporate income taxes, property taxes, sales and other excise taxes. Taxes, of course, are how we pay for our schools, our roads, our parks and playgrounds, public safety, our safety net, and everything else we do together through our government to make life better for all of our families and all of our communities. To provide more detail on the situation in Massachusetts, MassBudget is also publishing today updates of two factsheets: Examining Tax Fairness and Where Does the Taxachusetts Label Come From? In examining the Massachusetts tax system we see that the highest income 1% of taxpayers pay $83,000 a year less than they would if they paid the same percentage as most other taxpayers. This costs the state $2.1 billion a year.

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