Tax Data, Charts, and Maps
State Business Tax Climate Index
Taxes matter to business. They affect location decisions, job creation and retention, international competitiveness, and the long-term health of a state’s economy. The Tax Foundation’s annual State Business Tax Climate Index was designed to measure the “tax-friendliness” to business of each state’s tax system. The most competitive tax systems are typically found in states that raise sufficient tax revenue with economically neutral and simple tax systems. The least competitive are typically found in states with complex, multi-rate corporate and individual tax codes; above-average sales tax rates that exempt few business-to-business transactions; high state tax collections; and few institutional restraints on the level of taxation or spending.
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Tax Data from The Tax Foundation
- Map: State Business Tax Climate Index, 2012, January 25, 2012
- Major Components of the State Business Tax Climate Index, FY 2012, January 25, 2012
- State Business Tax Climate Index-- Unemployment Insurance Tax Index, 2011-2012, January 25, 2012
- State Business Tax Climate Index-- Corporate Tax Index, 2011-2012, January 25, 2012
- State Business Tax Climate Index-- Sales Tax Index, 2011-2012, January 25, 2012
- State Business Tax Climate Index--Individual Income Tax Index, 2011-2012, January 25, 2012
- State Business Tax Climate Index--Property Tax Index, 2011-2012, January 25, 2012
- State Business Tax Climate Index Rankings, 2011-2012, January 25, 2012