As Benjamin Franklin said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” In this 2022 chart, the nonpartisan Tax Foundation has gone beyond the local taxes such as income, property, sales and excise. Included is a calculation of taxes spent in other states. So, if you visit Disneyland or Las Vegas and pay room tax or sales tax, it’s usually counted as income only to that state. But the Tax Foundation has calculated it as part of the tax burden of the family in the state they visited from. This shift accounts for movement across borders for work and leisure and helps give a clearer picture of a state’s tax burden. The foundation says tax burdens in 2020, ’21 and ’22 have been higher than in any year since 1978 due to pandemic-related economic changes in taxable income, activities and property values.
Source: Tax Foundation