When we were at work swabbing the deck, necessarily barelegged, Pelle would sick the dog on us; and it was an endless source of pleasure to him when the dog succeeded in fastening its teeth in our legs and making the blood run down our ankles.
(CNSNews.com) â The Tax Foundation has ranked the states by their state income tax rates and among the highest are California, Hawaii, and Oregon. On a U.S. map, the Tax Foundation shows that the following 10 states (and counting the District of Columbia) have the highest individual income tax rates in 2014: California, 13.3%. Hawaii, 11.0%.
The New York Income Tax. New York collects a state income tax at a maximum marginal tax rate of %, spread across tax brackets. Like the Federal Income Tax, New York's income tax allows couples filing jointly to pay a lower overall rate on their combined income with wider tax brackets for joint filers. New York's maximum marginal income tax rate is the 1st highest in the United States, ranking directly below New York's %. You can learn more about how the New York income tax compares to other states' income taxes by visiting our map of income taxes by state. New York signed a sweeping tax-reduction bill into law in December 2011, creating the lowest mid-bracket tax rates in 58 years.