Minnesota

The facts on Minnesota’s Tax Climate

Minnesota's Individual Income Tax System 
Minnesota's personal income tax system consists of three separate brackets with a top rate of 7.85% kicking in at an income level of $77,370. Among states levying personal income taxes, Minnesota's top rate ranks 6th highest nationally. Minnesota's 2010 state-level individual income tax collections were $1,219 per person, which ranked 6th highest nationally. 
50-State Table of Individual Income Tax Rates

50-State Table of State Individual Income Tax Collections

50-State Table of State and Local Individual Income Tax Collections Per Capita

Minnesota's Corporate Income Tax System 
Minnesota's corporate tax structure consists of a flat rate of 9.8% on all corporate income. Among states levying corporate income taxes, Minnesota's rate ranks 3rd highest nationally. In 2010, state-level corporate tax collections (excluding local taxes) were $136 per capita, which ranked 14th nationally. 
50-State Table of Corporate Income Tax Rates

50-State Table of State and Local Corporate Income Tax Collections Per Capita

50-State Table of State Corporate Income Tax Collections Per Capita

Minnesota Sales and Excise Taxes
Minnesota levies a 6.875% general sales or use tax on consumers, which is above the national median of 5.85%. In 2009 state and local general sales tax collections were $853 per person, and excise tax collections were $599 per person, for a total of $1,452 per capita, which ranks17th highest nationally. Minnesota's gasoline tax stands at 28.1 cents per gallon, ranking 19th highest nationally. Minnesota's cigarette tax stands at $1.586 per pack of twenty, which ranks 21th highest nationally. The sales tax was adopted in 1967, the gasoline tax in 1925 and the cigarette tax in 1947. 
50-State Table of State and Local General and Selective Sales Tax Collections Per Capita

Minnesota Property Taxes: 
Minnesota is one of the 37 states that collect property taxes at both the state and local levels. As in most states, local governments collect far more. Minnesota's localities collected $1210 per capita in property taxes in fiscal year 2009, which is the latest year the Census Bureau published state-by-state property tax collections. At the state level, Minnesota collected $135 per capita during FY 2009, making its combined state/local property taxes $1,346 per capita, which ranks 20th highest nationally.
State property tax collections per capita by state

Tax Freedom Day Arrives on April 22 in Minnesota

Tax Freedom Day is the day when Americans finally have earned enough money to pay off their total tax bill for the year. In 2012, Minnesota taxpayers work until April 22 (ranked 8th nationally) to pay their total tax bill. The Tax Freedom Days of neighboring states are: Wisconsin, April 21 (ranked 10th nationally); Iowa, April 9 (ranked 37th nationally); South Dakota, April 4 (ranked 46th nationally); and North Dakota, April 18 (ranked 14th nationally).

Minnesota's State and Local Tax Burden Above National Average

Minnesota's 2009 state and local tax burden of 10.3% of income is above the national average of 9.8%. Minnesota's tax burden has decreased overall from 11.0% (10th nationally) in 1977 to 10.3% (7th nationally) in 2009. Minnesotans pay $4,651 per capita in state and local taxes. 
Minnesota's State and Local Tax Burdens, 1977-Present
Other States' State/Local Tax Burdens
Map of U.S. Showing all State's Burdens and Ranks
Historical Chart Comparing All States' State/Local Tax Burdens from 1977 to 2009

Minnesota's 2012 Business Tax Climate Ranks 45th

Minnesota ranks 45th the Tax Foundation's State Business Tax Climate Index. The Index compares the states in five areas of taxation that impact business: corporate taxes; individual income taxes; sales taxes; unemployment insurance taxes; and taxes on property, including residential and commercial property. Neighboring states rank as follows: North Dakota (29th), South Dakota (2nd), Iowa (41st) and Wisconsin (43rd).
50-State Comparison of Business Tax Climates(data only)
2012 State Business Tax Climate Index, Ninth Edition (full study)

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