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What Would Income Equality Really Look Like?

Reliance on Social Insurance Tax Revenue in Europe

How Much Does Your State Collect in Corporate Income Taxes per Capita?

Massachusetts House Proposes Doubling Down on Worst Features of State Corporate Excise Tax to Fund Transportation

Sports Betting Might Come to a State Near You

Reliance on Individual Income Tax Revenue in Europe

South Carolina House Unanimously Approves Business License Tax Reform

Maryland Legislature Seeks Revenue with Risky Proposals

One notable consequence of high state tobacco excise tax rates is increased smuggling as people procure discounted products from low-tax states and sell them in high-tax states. Smugglers wouldn’t have to look far to find cheaper smokes. All of Maryland’s neighboring states have rates lower than $4 per pack, including Virginia ($1.20) and West Virginia ($0.30). Such an increase would impact the many small business owners operating vape shops around the state and convenience stores relying heavily on vapers as well as tobacco sales.

State and Local Individual Income Tax Collections per Capita

Summary of the Latest Federal Income Tax Data, 2020 Update

The latest IRS data shows that the U.S. individual income tax continues to be very progressive, borne primarily by the highest income earners. The top 1 percent of taxpayers pay a 26.8 percent average individual income tax rate, which is more than six times higher than taxpayers in the bottom 50 percent (4.0 percent).