State taxes

Middle-class residents in these states pay a smaller percentage of their paychecks to taxes.

Residents with high earnings in these 20 states get a bigger break on their taxes, paying a smaller percentage of their income.

State tax rates on capital gains vary across the country.

Four states have no state and local sales taxes, making them the most attractive places for consumers to go shopping.

The least attractive place to go shopping has a combined sales tax rate of 9.563%.

While property and unemployment insurance taxes are universal in every state, many of the best states for doing business do not have corporate, sales or individual income taxes.

Leaving Washington state, which in 2022 introduced a 7% tax on capital gains, could have saved Bezos $288 million in taxes after he unloaded $4 billion of Amazon.com stock in the past week.

The Washington National Tax Office of Grant Thornton points out the most important state and local tax developments to keep an eye out for.

Businesses are likely to see more sales tax audits in 2024 as a result of changes happening across the states, according to a new report.

Money manager Brian Heywood has already spent nearly $7 million of his own money to get six ballot initiatives in front of Washington State voters this November, half of them tied directly to taxes.