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From an e-mail message titled The Most Tax-Friendly States For
Business, 24/7 Wall St. has the following to say about the state
just west of many of this lists readers: <br>
<p><strong>6. Washington</strong><br>
<strong>> Taxes collected per capita:</strong> $2,566 (19th
highest)<br>
<strong> > Unemployment: </strong>7.5% (20th highest)<br>
<strong> > Corporate taxes collected per capita: </strong>0
(the lowest)<br>
<strong> > Sales tax rate: 6.5% </strong>(10th highest)</p>
<p>Washington ranked high on the list largely because it doesn’t
have any individual income tax. The state’s other tax policies
generally received mediocre ratings, with its sales tax policy
rated the third worst in the nation by the Tax Foundation. As of
January, the state’s sales tax rate was 6.5%, 10th highest in the
nation. And when including the average local sales tax paid, the
state has the fourth-highest sales tax, at 8.86%. Other policies,
such as high excise taxes on different products, also lowered its
rank. The state had the fifth-highest excise tax on cigarettes in
January at $3.03 a pack. Because of these policies, Washington was
named by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy as having
the most regressive state tax structure in the nation — meaning
the poor pay far more of their income than the wealthy.</p>
Here is a link to the article if you'd like to read about the other
states on the list:<br>
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<b><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://tinyurl.com/bohpt67">http://tinyurl.com/bohpt67</a> <br>
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Ken<br>
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