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You see to have misunderstood a couple of things. Those numbers are not ”a percentage of total taxes” but are a percentage of a person's income. Comparing per
by shkkmo 4y ago
You see to have misunderstood a couple of things. Those numbers are not ”a percentage of total taxes” but are a percentage of a person's income.
Comparing per capita taxes tells you more about per capita income rather than relative taxation rates.
The whole point is that the average texan pays a higher percentage of their income in state taxes than the average californian and Texas taxes are more regressive.
- legitster 4y agoCorrected! Though it's worth pointing out that the source is not correct either - the ITEP brackets are different per state - so at a given income you probably do pay less in Texas (you're just more likely to be poorer if you live in Texas).
- shkkmo 4y agoThe different tax brackets do make things more confusing, but You still seem to be looking at the data and seeing things that simply aren't there. The numbers show that a poor person in Texas pays more than a poor person in California with the same income. The average income of the bottom 20% is 13,000 and they pay an average of 13% in total taxes for an average tax burden of 1690. The average income of the bottom 20% in California is 14,300 and they pay an average of 10.5% in total taxes for an averagr tax burden of 1501.5 Thus the bottom 20% in Texas not only make less money but then also have to pay more total taxes than their higher income counterpart in California. For poor people Texas is a higher tax state than California.