• Hildegarde
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    223 months ago

    WA has no income tax, but it does have a state level sales tax. Low income people spend a larger portion of their income on purchases which results in a much higher tax rate.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      3 months ago

      States like California have both high sales tax and State income tax, so that’s definitely a worse outcome.