3月31日
I recently ran across this in an MSN article. They say that from January 1st until the time your taxes are due (April 15th) that during all of that time you are working for the government in the form of paying taxes! It turns out that it varies per state. If you live in Connecticut it's May 20 (on a leap year like 2008). In Oklahoma it's April 12th. In Utah, where I live, it's April 20th. (Calculation: 365.25/Tax burden = days + Jan 1 = Date)
I really wonder what the ideal tax rate should be. I know first-hand that tax will only increase over time and that we get less and less for it. We slowly become a socialistic society and the founding principals our forefathers came here for erode away. In the UK (at least while I was there) you pay 17.5% VAT (Value Added Tax). This is in addition to a hefty income tax. The UK may boast low unemployment rates but that is only because people don't have to work to make a decent living. The mountain of tax on the "rich" pays for the "poor" to remain "poor" (as though you could call anyone rich or poor in England). I am opposed to the division of riches into "rich" and "poor"; it is good to have a large, healthy "middle" working-class. A very large middle class is very good for a country. There are two truisms here:
- You can't create middle class by taxing the upper class.
- A tax rate has almost nothing to do with creating a middle income working class. In fact, you might say the opposite is true.
By my estimation, in the year 2050 the average tax rate will increase to 56% and with the so-called middle income squeeze, there will be far less middle-income working class around.
--Nathan Zaugg
Taxes by state | | Sales | Gas/gal. | Cig./pack | Beer/gal. | State burden | Rank | State/Fed. burden | Rank |
| Alabama | 4.0% | $0.20 | $0.43 | $1.05 | 8.8% | 46 | 28.0% | 49 |
| Alaska | none | $0.08 | $2.00 | $1.07 | 6.6% | 50 | 28.1% | 48 |
| Arizona | 5.6%* | $0.19 | $2.00 | $0.16 | 10.3% | 31 | 31.3% | 25 |
| Arkansas | 6.0% | $0.22 | $0.59 | $0.21 | 11.3% | 13 | 30.7% | 32 |
| California | 7.3% | $0.46 | $0.87 | $0.20 | 11.5% | 12 | 34.3% | 8 |
| Colorado | 2.9% | $0.22 | $0.84 | $0.08 | 10.4% | 30 | 31.8% | 23 |
| Connecticut | 6.0% | $0.44 | $2.00 | $0.20 | 12.2% | 8 | 38.3% | 1 |
| Delaware | none* | $0.23 | $1.15 | $0.16 | 8.8% | 47 | 31.2% | 26 |
| Florida | 6.0% | $0.33 | $0.34 | $0.48 | 10.0% | 38 | 33.6% | 12 |
| Georgia | 4.0% | $0.26 | $0.37 | $0.48 | 10.3% | 32 | 30.9% | 28 |
| Hawaii | 4%* | $0.33 | $1.80 | $0.93 | 12.4% | 6 | 33.0% | 16 |
| Idaho | 6.0% | $0.25 | $0.57 | $0.15 | 10.1% | 35 | 29.6% | 42 |
| Illinois | 6.3% | $0.40 | $0.98 | $0.19 | 10.8% | 22 | 33.2% | 14 |
| Indiana | 6.0% | $0.32 | $1.00 | $0.12 | 10.7% | 25 | 30.8% | 30 |
| Iowa | 5.0% | $0.22 | $1.36 | $0.19 | 11.0% | 18 | 30.6% | 33 |
| Kansas | 5.3% | $0.25 | $0.79 | $0.18 | 11.2% | 15 | 31.0% | 27 |
| Kentucky | 6%* | $0.19 | $0.30 | $0.08 | 10.9% | 20 | 30.4% | 34 |
| Louisiana | 4.0% | $0.20 | $0.36 | $0.32 | 11.0% | 17 | 29.1% | 44 |
| Maine | 5.0% | $0.29 | $2.00 | $0.35 | 14.0% | 2 | 33.9% | 10 |
| Maryland | 6.0% | $0.24 | $2.00 | $0.09 | 10.8% | 23 | 33.1% | 15 |
| Massachusetts | 5.0% | $0.24 | $1.51 | $0.11 | 10.6% | 28 | 34.4% | 7 |
| Michigan | 6.0% | $0.36 | $2.00 | $0.20 | 11.2% | 14 | 31.9% | 21 |
| Minnesota | 6.5% | $0.22 | $1.49 | $0.15 | 11.5% | 11 | 33.9% | 11 |
| Mississippi | 7.0% | $0.19 | $0.18 | $0.43 | 10.5% | 29 | 28.1% | 47 |
| Missouri | 4.2% | $0.18 | $0.17 | $0.06 | 10.1% | 34 | 30.2% | 38 |
| Montana | none | $0.28 | $1.70 | $0.14 | 9.7% | 41 | 29.8% | 39 |
| Nebraska | 5.5% | $0.24 | $0.64 | $0.31 | 11.9% | 9 | 31.8% | 22 |
| Nevada | 6.5% | $0.33 | $0.80 | $0.16 | 10.1% | 36 | 35.2% | 4 |
| New Hampshire | none* | $0.20 | $1.08 | $0.30 | 8.0% | 49 | 30.8% | 29 |
| New Jersey | 7.0% | $0.15 | $2.58 | $0.12 | 11.6% | 10 | 35.6% | 3 |
| New Mexico | 5.0% | $0.18 | $0.91 | $0.41 | 9.8% | 40 | 28.8% | 45 |
| New York | 4.0% | $0.41 | $1.50 | $0.11 | 13.8% | 3 | 37.1% | 2 |
| N. Carolina | 4.3% | $0.30 | $0.35 | $0.53 | 11.0% | 19 | 31.3% | 24 |
| N. Dakota | 5.0% | $0.23 | $0.44 | $0.16 | 9.9% | 39 | 30.2% | 37 |
| Ohio | 5.5%* | $0.28 | $1.25 | $0.18 | 12.4% | 5 | 32.4% | 18 |
| Oklahoma | 4.5% | $0.17 | $1.03 | $0.40 | 9.0% | 45 | 27.8% | 50 |
| Oregon | none | $0.25 | $1.18 | $0.08 | 10.0% | 37 | 30.7% | 31 |
| Pennsylvania | 6.0% | $0.32 | $1.35 | $0.08 | 10.8% | 24 | 31.9% | 20 |
| Rhode Island | 7.0% | $0.31 | $2.46 | $0.10 | 12.7% | 4 | 35.1% | 6 |
| S. Carolina | 6.0% | $0.17 | $0.07 | $0.77 | 10.7% | 26 | 30.3% | 35 |
| S. Dakota | 4.0% | $0.24 | $1.53 | $0.27 | 9.0% | 44 | 29.3% | 43 |
| Tennessee | 7.0% | $0.21 | $0.62 | $0.14 | 8.5% | 48 | 28.8% | 46 |
| Texas | 6.25%* | $0.20 | $1.41 | $0.19 | 9.3% | 43 | 29.8% | 41 |
| Utah | 4.7% | $0.25 | $0.70 | $0.41 | 10.7% | 27 | 30.3% | 36 |
| Vermont | 6.0% | $0.20 | $1.79 | $0.27 | 14.1% | 1 | 35.1% | 5 |
| Virginia | 5.0% | $0.20 | $0.30 | $0.26 | 10.2% | 33 | 32.9% | 17 |
| Washington | 6.5%* | $0.36 | $2.03 | $0.26 | 11.1% | 16 | 34.0% | 9 |
| West Virginia | 6.0% | $0.32 | $0.55 | $0.18 | 10.9% | 21 | 29.8% | 40 |
| Wisconsin | 5.0% | $0.33 | $1.77 | $0.06 | 12.3% | 7 | 33.3% | 13 |
| Wyoming | 4.0% | $0.14 | $0.60 | $0.02 | 9.5% | 42 | 32.1% | 19 |
*State collects Gross Receipts Tax applied before retail level.
Updated March 27, 2008
Source: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Taxes/Advice/TheBestAndWorstStatesForTaxes.aspx?page=2
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