Discourse.net/FAQs http://www.discourse.net/archives/rooms/faqs/ FAQs-related posts from Discourse.net Total Marginal Tax Rates In The US Once in a while I intend to post either the answer to a question that comes up in conversation, or — if I can’t find it anywhere — a plea for someone to tell me where to find an authoritative source. So when I say ‘FAQ’ I don’t mean about this site. The first of this very occasional series has to do with tax rates. Total tax rates — federal plus state. Now, obviously this is very much an average since local taxes vary a lot. But it’s still much more informative, I think, than just looking at the (seemingly more progressive) federal income tax alone. Throw in all taxes, and the picture looks quite different, practically flat.

Click to see Average marginal total federal and state tax rates.

Source: NY Times, Jan 20, 2003

And note that this data pre-dates the latest round of Bush tax cuts for rich folk.

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