TEXAS’ TAX BURDEN AMONG NATION’S LOWEST ………………..

Texas’ state & local tax burden is once again among the lowest in the nation according to the Tax Foundation’s annual ranking.  For 2010, Texans paid some $3,104 per capita in state & local taxes.  The per-capita income of $39,142 yields a state-local tax burden of 7.9%, ranking the state 45th.  Top-ranked New York had a tax burden of $6,375 (12.8%).  Next is New Jersey, then Connecticut.  At the other end of the spectrum are Alaska with $3,214 (7%) & South Dakota at $3,035 (7.6%).  The burden is calculated by taking the total state & local taxes paid by state residents to both their own & other governments, then dividing by each state’s total income.