The Hall income tax is a Tennessee state tax on interest and dividend income from investments. It is the only tax on personal income in Tennessee, which does not levy a general state income tax. The current tax rate is 6 percent, applied to all taxable interest and dividend income over $1250 per person ($2500 for married couples filing jointly).
Hawaii earns the most in tax revenue out of any state in the Union. High-income Hawaiians shoulder the brunt of itâ11% for incomes over $200,000. Since the state has some of the countryâs highest earners, that amounts to significant outlays of cash. All told, the state collects $5,606.70 annually for every taxpayer.
California, which recently raised taxes on the wealthy, now has the highest combined federal and state income tax rate in the United States. It was 43.6% in 2012 and has gone up to 47.6% this year, according to Tax Policy Center Fellow James Nunns.