Comparing Income Tax Liability Across States: Where Does Missouri Rank?

Economy | October 27, 2015

By Rik W. Hafer and Michael Rathbone | Read Time 1 min

This essay addresses the question of whether Missouri is a low-income-tax state by comparing the income-tax liability for a family of four earning the national median income across all 50 states. Using this approach, we find that Missouri ranks in the top half of states according to income tax liability.

20150814 – Compairing Income Tax Liability Accross States – Hafer_Rathbone.pdf

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Rik W. Hafer

Rik Hafer is an associate professor of economics and the Director of the Center for Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. He was previously a distinguished research professor of economics and finance at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. After...

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Michael Rathbone

Michael Rathbone was a policy researcher at the Show-Me Institute. He is a native of Saint Louis and a 2008 graduate of Saint Louis University, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in biomedical engineering. In 2010, Michael obtained an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis with...

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