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wegandi t1_iuhqslx wrote

Reply to comment by capta2k in Where to move? Single 32 and remote… by chosen566

2%? Not even.

https://pioneerinstitute.org/blog/blog-better-government/blog-transparency/new-hampshire-tax-burden-dramatically-less-than-massachusetts/#:~:text=Overall%20Tax%20Burdens,Massachusetts%20(see%20figure%201).

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capta2k t1_iuhu0zv wrote

Your 600 word blog by an intern does appear to draw a different conclusion than the research done by policy experts in this field - https://taxfoundation.org/tax-burden-by-state-2022/

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wegandi t1_iuiec8q wrote

Yeah, I bet you didnt take one second to look at methodology.

Here from your "experts":

[Quote]In this study, we define a state’s tax burden as state and local taxes paid by a state’s residents divided by that state’s share of net national product. This study’s contribution to our understanding of true tax burdens is its focus on the fact that each of us not only pays state and local taxes to our own places of residence, but also to the governments of states and localities in which we do not live.[/quote]

Lets just say, using [net national product] as a component of state TAX burden is preposterous. If you want to know how much tax youre likely to pay, dont use that tax foundation "study".

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capta2k t1_iuietop wrote

ELI5 the flaw in their methodology

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wegandi t1_iuif75l wrote

Net national product has nothing to do with the tax rate you pay. How do we pay other states taxes? Fed taxes are uniform; you pay what your bracket is. The only adjustment you can perhaps argue for was SALT deductions, but yeah, their methodology has nothing to do with state tax burdens.

I do enjoy you ad hominem the credentials / character of my source rather than its methodology or factual tax rates and collections. Anyone can see what bogus BS that is.

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