According to the latest Annual State-Local Tax Burden report from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation, Wisconsin residents paid 11% of their collective incomes in state and local taxes in 2011, higher than the national average of 9.8%. Wisconsin’s tax burden is currently the fifth-highest in the nation, behind New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and California. Wyoming residents paid the lowest percentage of income in 2011, at 6.9%. Wisconsin’s ranking is unchanged from 2010.
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