States ranked by claims for state and local tax deductions

AP and ABC News ^ | 18 Nov 17 | AP Staff

[SkyPilot]

The percentage of federal individual income tax filers claiming a deduction for state and local taxes paid in 2015, ranked by state:

1. Maryland: 45.7 percent

2. Connecticut: 41.3 percent

3. New Jersey: 41.2 percent

4. Virginia: 37.3 percent

5. Massachusetts: 36.9 percent

6. Oregon: 36.0 percent

7. Utah: 35.3 percent

8. Minnesota: 34.7 percent

9. New York: 34.5 percent

10. California: 34.4 percent

11. Georgia: 32.8 percent

12. Rhode Island: 32.8 percent

13. Colorado: 32.5 percent

14. Delaware: 31.6 percent

15. Illinois: 31.3 percent

16. Wisconsin: 31.0 percent

17. New Hampshire: 30.9 percent

18. Washington: 29.9 percent

19. Iowa: 29.5 percent

20. Hawaii: 29.1 percent

21. North Carolina: 29.0 percent

22. Pennsylvania: 28.6 percent

23. Arizona: 28.4 percent

24. Montana: 28.2 percent

25. Idaho: 28.0 percent

26. Maine: 27.6 percent

27. Nebraska: 27.6 percent

28. South Carolina: 27.3 percent

29. Vermont: 27.3 percent

30. Michigan: 26.5 percent

31. Missouri: 26.1 percent

32. Ohio: 26.1 percent

33. Kentucky: 26.0 percent

34. Alabama: 25.8 percent

35. Kansas: 25.5 percent

36. Nevada: 24.6 percent

37. Oklahoma: 24.0 percent

38. Mississippi: 23.3 percent

39. Louisiana: 23.0 percent

40. Texas: 22.8 percent

41. Indiana: 22.8 percent

42. Florida: 22.5 percent

43. New Mexico: 22.5 percent

44. Arkansas: 22.3 percent

45. Wyoming: 21.6 percent

46. Alaska: 21.4 percent

47. Tennessee: 19.3 percent

48. North Dakota: 18.5 percent

49. West Virginia: 17.0 percent

50. South Dakota: 16.9 percent

District of Columbia: 39.8 percent

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[SkyPilot]

Average dollar amount of state and local tax deductions claimed on federal individual income tax returns for 2015, ranked by state:

1. New York: $22,169

2. Connecticut: $19,665

3. California: $18,438

4. New Jersey: $17,850

5. Massachusetts: $15,572

6. Minnesota: $12,954

7. Maryland: $12,931

8. Oregon: $12,617

9. Illinois: $12,524

10. Rhode Island: $12,434

11. Vermont: $12,408

12. Wisconsin: $11,653

13. Maine: $11,432

14. Virginia: $11,288

15. Pennsylvania: $11,248

16. Nebraska: $11,088

17. Ohio: $10,445

18. Iowa: $10,164

19. New Hampshire: $10,121

20. Kentucky: $9,955

21. Hawaii: $9,906

22. Missouri: $9,886

23. Michigan: $9,648

24. North Carolina: $9,587

25. West Virginia: $9,463

26. Kansas: $9,425

27. Montana: $9,358

28. Delaware: $9,195

29. Georgia: $9,159

30. Arkansas: $9,116

31. Colorado: $9,017

32. Idaho: $8,863

33. South Carolina: $8,765

34. Indiana: $8,756

35. Utah: $8,291

36. Oklahoma: $8,201

37. Texas: $7,824

38. Arizona: $7,404

39. Washington: $7,403

40. Florida: $7,373

41. New Mexico: $7,091

42. North Dakota: $6,865

43. Louisiana: $6,742

44. Wyoming: $6,307

45. Mississippi: $6,303

46. South Dakota: $6,098

47. Nevada: $5,989

48. Alabama: $5,919

49. Tennessee: $5,612

50. Alaska: $4,932

District of Columbia: $16,443

[SkyPilot]

Tax Bill ping.

[Az Joe]

Bump

[proxy_user]

Number of Republican reps in Congress:

1. New York: 9

2. Connecticut: 0

3. California: 14

4. New Jersey: 5

5. Massachusetts: 0

6. Minnesota: 3

7. Maryland: 1

8. Oregon: 1

9. Illinois: 7

10. Rhode Island: 0

A total of 40 in the top 10 states in deductions.

[familyop]

"1. New York: $22,169

2. Connecticut: $19,665

3. California: $18,438

4. New Jersey: $17,850"

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Average dollar amount per filing in those states and other blue states. Wow. That would have been quite a bit of money for Democrat political efforts.

[rstrahan]

Costs vs income. Affordable low tax states equates to fewer claiming deduction

[factoryrat]

The power to tax, is the power to destroy.

The “progressive” tax rate is straight out of the communist manfesto.

10% income tax, across the board, no exemptions, no deductions, no credits, no minimums. 10 cents of every dollar earned goes to the feds, and 10 cents on the dollar is all they get, period.

[Jarhead9297]

What does political allegiances have to do with tax deductions and overall tax cuts? Dramatically reducing the size of Government through a reduction in spending (not in this bill) along with tax cuts should be the goal of any conservative. Eliminating these deductions regardless of how it impacts blue vs. red is like telling the Government “yes please take more of my money, the money I earned because well, you know how to spend my money far better than I”

Eliminating deductions until a flat tax is in place is nothing but contiinurmed theft by the feds

[Mariner]

When one takes away the personal exemptions of $4,050 per household member, that puts millions of taxpayers into tax hike territory in most states.

Even WITH the increase in the standard deduction.

While many will find themselves in a lower bracket, many also will find themselves in higher brackets.

Did our elected representatives lie to us?

[Rurudyne]

Entrenched government bureaucracy : a legal scheme where taxes are distributed to people who produce dubious “goods” and “services” so worthwhile that you have to be forced to pay for them, or else.

[Rome2000]

This list also doesn't account for Florida and other States that have been able to deduct State sales taxes under legislation passed over the last couple of years.

Mnuchin, Cohn, and all the rest of the GOLDMAN SACHS BANKSTERS involved in this attempt to rip off a TRILLION DOLLARS FROM THE MIDDLE CLASS NEED TO BEWARE!!.

[Jarhead9297]

Post of the day. To hell with this tax bill and all others before it

[Wolfie]

Agreed. Including dividends and interest.

[tcrlaf]

I look forward to this deduction coming to an end...

And the thousands of formerly Democrat-donating morons with pitchforks at the statehouses demanding that Dems cut their taxes.

Should be FUN to watch!

[familyop]

"What does political allegiances have to do with tax deductions and overall tax cuts?"

Social lefties with more money in the worst of socialist states spend more money on infecting American minds in politics, business and academia. They also spend more money on putting socialist, libertine candidates from all political parties in office.

"Dramatically reducing the size of Government through a reduction in spending (not in this bill) along with tax cuts should be the goal of any conservative."

That's a good idea. So let's demand that while stopping the diversions of revenues to the worst of commie states is great for the tax reform bill, we also need a bill to cut spending for pork to those same states!

[Rome2000]

10% income tax, across the board, no exemptions, no deductions, no credits, no minimums. 10 cents of every dollar earned goes to the feds

Do you know how much revenue that would raise, and if in turn, was a viable option?

[urbanpovertylawcenter]

These people who complain about not paying fair shares in these blue states are getting their wish come true if these tax proposals make it through both houses and get Trump’s signature.

Their shares will rise!

[AndyJackson]

So why do they not put DC in its appropriate place in the rankings, like 4th or 5th. This is important given that the assess who run our government seat themselves here.

[SkyPilot]

Eliminating deductions until a flat tax is in place is nothing but continued theft by the feds

The people cheering on the tax bill are some of the most shortsighted, geographical bigots I have ever encountered.

Once the individual deductions are taken away - they will never, ever come back. Tax rates, of course, can always be raised.

The SALT deduction has been Federal Law since 1913. Do people think that if the Feds are able to destroy this deduction a few days from now, that they will get the Federal government to restore it? The same goes with other deductions that are about to be eliminated.

We are watching the GOP commit political suicide. And the strange and disturbing thing is that many people who are supposed "conservatives" are cheering on the death, and acting like this is some sort of amusing Michael Vick dog fight.

They are only exposing their true lack of character and wisdom.

[nopardons]

Also more poor/poorish people, who don’t bother.