Here’s a new map from the Tax Foundation showing growth of high-income taxpayers from 1999-2009.Ā What’s particularly interesting about these numbers is that they straddle pre- and post-recession years.Ā So StateImpact naturally wondered, did the recession dramatically change where the high income bracket grew?
According to the Tax Foundation, 6.9 percent of New Hampshire’s direct spendingĀ went toward interest payments on debt in FY 2009.Ā The only state that devoted a higher portion ofĀ its funds toĀ interest was…Massachusetts, at 9.58 percent.Ā (You can findĀ more surprising comparisons between New Hampshire and Massachusetts here.) Overall, New England eats up a goodly portion of the […]
Are New Hampshire’s low tax policies helping it attract economic development? The jumping-off point for this post, and a related post from last week, is data on theĀ movement of businesses and jobs between Massachusetts and New Hampshire.Ā The image perpetuated by area media more or less fits the mold of a piece in The BostonĀ Globe […]
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