by Catherine on March 5, 2010
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by Catherine on February 17, 2010
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Day 17 of 28 Days of Tax Data
From Stateline found via TaxProf blog
Breakdown of the different taxes levied by each state. While all states have some form of sales tax and property taxes and licenses/fees there are a few without corporate or individual income taxes.

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by Catherine on February 14, 2010
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Day 14 of 28 Days of Tax Data
From Rockefeller Institute of Government via Economix blog
Here is the percent change in tax collection (each point is an average of the previous 4 quarters).While local taxes (red) have decreased it has been state taxes (blue) that have taken a big hit since 2008

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by Catherine on February 13, 2010
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by Catherine on February 12, 2010
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Day 12 of 28 Days of Tax Data
From Political Math
Here is a graph showing how the rich make more income and pay even more in taxes. While the upper middle class pay about the same percentage in taxes as the make. Finally the lower 60% pay less in taxes then their % of the nation income.

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Day 5 of 28 Days of Tax Data
Created by Ross Crooks found on Mint
There is a lot going on in this graphic. First, keep in mind that a “Tax unit” is either a single person, two people married filling jointly, or head of household (for example a single person with dependent child).
The gray dashed bars are the tax units that don’t owe any taxes to the Federal Government. What struck me was that these people can be found at all income levels.

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