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November 9, 2024

Find Out Where Your State Ranks In Terms Of Tax Competitiveness

The nonpartisan, nonprofit Tax Foundation has released an updated report that evaluates how well each state’s tax structure facilitates economic growth. The index compares more than 150 variables across five categories: individual income taxes; corporate taxes; sales, use, and excise taxes; property, and wealth taxes; and unemployment insurance taxes.

Listed in order, the 10 best states in the 2025 Index are Wyoming, South Dakota, Alaska, Florida, Montana, New Hampshire, Texas, Tennessee, North Dakota, and Indiana. The Tax Foundation noted the absence of a major tax is a common factor among many of the top 10 states. Property taxes and unemployment insurance taxes are levied in every state, but there several states on the list do without one or more of the major taxes: a corporate income tax, a individual income tax, or a sales tax. South Dakota and Wyoming have no corporate or individual income tax, for example, while Alaska has no individual income or state-level sales tax. Florida and Texas have no individual income tax while in New Hampshire and Montana there is no sales tax. New Hampshire also only imposes a small tax on interest and dividend income.

The 10 worst states in the 2025 Index are Massachusetts, Hawaii, Vermont, Minnesota, Washington, Maryland, Connecticut, California, New Jersey, and New York. Read the full report at this link.

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