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Re:Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about s... by acdha on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @08:22PM (#13825890)
https://taxfoundation.org/state-and-local-sales-tax-rates-20...

“The five states with the highest average combined state and local sales tax rates are Tennessee (9.46 percent), Arkansas (9.30 percent), Louisiana (9.0 percent), Alabama (8.97 percent), and Washington (8.90 percent).”

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Re:Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about s... by refurb on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @08:44PM (#13826066)
That analysis ignores the income brackets.

If I have the choice of living where the state income tax hit 8% at $50K vs. %9 at $200K, I'd gladly live in the state with the "higher" state income tax rate.

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Re:Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about s... by acdha on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:31PM (#13826404)
That wasn't the question, however, any more than the far more important question of what you get for those taxes.
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Re:Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about s... by DrScump on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:21PM (#13826330)
Most Californians live in areas with sales surtaxes, ending up at as much as 9.75%:

http://www.boe.ca.gov/app/rates.aspx?LETTER=S&LIST=CITY

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Re:Healthy California Act: proposal to make findings about s... by jpobst on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @08:57PM (#13826156)
Tennessee has no income tax, so I'll gladly take 9.46% sales tax and no income tax over California's 8.48% sales tax plus 1% - 13.3% income tax.
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