I’m confused, WA has no income tax, OR has high income tax… As someone who moved from WA to OR, got a raise, and ended up with smaller paychecks I can attest that this doesn’t represent everyone accurately
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.
I’m confused, WA has no income tax, OR has high income tax… As someone who moved from WA to OR, got a raise, and ended up with smaller paychecks I can attest that this doesn’t represent everyone accurately
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.
States like California have both high sales tax and State income tax, so that’s definitely a worse outcome.