Publications
Tax Burdens
State-local tax burdens measure the percentage of income that taxpayers in each state pay in state and local taxes. Every tax that is collected on both the state and local level is included in the calculation: income taxes on individuals and businesses; general sales taxes; product specific taxes such as those levied on gas, cigarettes and alcohol; property taxes on individuals and business; and a multitude of other taxes. The tax burden for each state is presented from 1970 to the present.
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Publications from The Tax Foundation
- Case Presents Opportunity to Ensure Uniform Application of Tax Code and Prevent Harm to Taxpayers, by Joseph Henchman and Matthew Reddington, April 28, 2008
- America Celebrates Tax Freedom Day, by Gerald Prante and Scott A. Hodge, March 26, 2008
- Tax Freedom Day: A Description of Its Calculation and Answers to Some Methodological Questions, by TF Staff, March 26, 2008
- Protecting Taxpayers from Fragmented State-by-State Interpretations of the Federal Tax Code—Centerior Energy Corp. v. Mikulski, by Joseph Henchman and Erik S. Jaffe, February 22, 2008
- Tax Revenue and Distributional Effects of Lowering 10% Bracket to Zero for 2008, by Gerald Prante and Patrick Fleenor, January 18, 2008
- Generational Equity: Which Age Groups Pay More Tax, and Which Receive More Government Spending?, by Andrew Chamberlain and Gerald Prante, June 1, 2007
- Movin’ on Up: Blagojevich Tax Increase Would Move Illinois into Top 10 on State and Local Tax Burden, by Chris Atkins and Curtis S. Dubay, April 16, 2007
- State-Local Tax Burden Methodology, by Curtis S. Dubay, April 16, 2007
- State and Local Tax Burdens Hit 25-Year High, by Curtis S. Dubay, April 4, 2007
- Which Taxes Weigh Most Heavily on Americans with Different Incomes?, by Andrew Chamberlain and Gerald Prante, March 26, 2007
- Who Pays America's Tax Burden, and Who Gets the Most Government Spending?, by Andrew Chamberlain, Gerald Prante and Scott A. Hodge, March 26, 2007
- Putting Taxes on the Map: Federal Tax Burdens by City, County, Congressional District and State, by Gerald Prante and Andrew Chamberlain, March 22, 2007
- Who Pays Taxes and Who Receives Government Spending? An Analysis of Federal, State and Local Tax and Spending Distributions, 1991-2004, by Andrew Chamberlain and Gerald Prante, March 22, 2007
- Economic vs. Legal Incidence: Comparing Census Bureau Figures with Tax Foundation Tax Burdens, by Gerald Prante and Andrew Chamberlain, June 9, 2006
- Federal Tax Burdens and Expenditures by State, by Curtis S. Dubay, March 16, 2006
- The Tax Burden of the Median American Family, by Claire Hintz, March 1, 2000
- Tax Burden on American Families Rises Again, by Claire Hintz, November 1, 1997
- Economic Expansion Leads Higher Taxes on Median One- and Two-Earner American Families, by Arthur P. Hall, Ph.D., November 1, 1996
- Taxes Force American Family to Tighten Belt, by Arthur P. Hall, Ph.D., November 1, 1995
- Individual Effective Tax Rates in the United States, by Arthur P. Hall, Ph.D., June 1, 1994
- Value of Typical American Family's 1992 Income Eroded by Taxes and Inflation, by Paul G. Merski, October 1, 1992
- Tax Burden by Income Class, 1986-1987, by TF Staff, February 1, 1989
- Allocating Tax Burdens and Government Benefits by Income Class, 1972-73 and 1977, by TF Staff, February 1, 1981
- Federal Tax Burdens in States and Metropolitan Areas, by TF Staff, April 1, 1974
- Tax Burdens and Benefits of Government Expenditures By Income Class, 1961 and 1965, by TF Staff, January 1, 1967
- Allocating Tax Burdens and Government Benefits by Income Class, by TF Staff, January 1, 1967
- Allocation of the Tax Burden by Income Class, by TF Staff, May 1, 1960
- The Tax Burden in Relation to National Income and Product, by TF Staff, September 1, 1957
- Allocating the Federal Tax Burden Among the States, by TF Staff, April 1, 1957