TexasTiger 13,006 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 The deep red Southern states lead with most regressive tax rates. Are these states citizens getting their money’s worth? If so, by what measures is that demonstrated? Not infant mortality, life expectancy or educational attainment. Are these states poorly run? It seems to me these tax dollars are showing much return on investment. Factoring the combination of state and average local sales tax, the top five highest total sales tax states as ranked by the Tax Foundation for 2021 are: Tennessee 9.55% Louisiana 9.52% Arkansas 9.51% Washington 9.23% Alabama 9.22% 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyAU 3,645 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 Tennessee's sales tax is high, but they don't have a state income tax on top of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PUB78 1,362 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 23 hours ago, TexasTiger said: The deep red Southern states lead with most regressive tax rates. Are these states citizens getting their money’s worth? If so, by what measures is that demonstrated? Not infant mortality, life expectancy or educational attainment. Are these states poorly run? It seems to me these tax dollars are showing much return on investment. Factoring the combination of state and average local sales tax, the top five highest total sales tax states as ranked by the Tax Foundation for 2021 are: Tennessee 9.55% Louisiana 9.52% Arkansas 9.51% Washington 9.23% Alabama 9.22% I am amazed how many people in Alabama don’t think twice about paying 10% sales taxes but will fight a modest property tax increase tooth and nail. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoAU 1,600 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 This is only one factor - as there are several different tax models. Even so, just looking at the amount of taxes collected is only a part of the problem - because we all know that governments are great stewards of our tax dollars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj3jordan 2,060 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 FL no state income tax, modest property tax, @7% or so sales tax and food from grocery stores is not taxed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoAU 1,600 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 2 hours ago, jj3jordan said: FL no state income tax, modest property tax, @7% or so sales tax and food from grocery stores is not taxed. FL has the enviable position of being able to have tourists foot a significant amount of their tax revenue through hotels and such. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUDub 11,182 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 8 hours ago, GoAU said: FL has the enviable position of being able to have tourists foot a significant amount of their tax revenue through hotels and such. Which is why it's so weird DeSantis would pick a fight with one of their biggest draws. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoAU 1,600 Posted May 16, 2022 Share Posted May 16, 2022 We could probably debate who picked the fight, but Disney is definitely “pot committed” - they aren’t going anywhere. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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