<p>{source}<span style="font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;"><br /><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma;">&lt;h3&gt;Which states are tax friendly?&lt;/h3&gt;<br />This tax comparison calculator is designed to demonstrate how much money an individual, family or small business owner <em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">REALLY</span></em> pays in government taxes. Results are based on combining state income taxes, federal income taxes, property taxes and sales tax with the "hidden taxes" on gasoline, licenses, cigarettes and alcohol. See how many days you must work (without pay) to meet these tax burdens.  Determine which states are tax friendlier by clicking on column headings to sort by tax categories. This is helpful information when considering a job, or moving to, or doing business, in another state. Also, the information is a useful talking point when contacting your representatives to express your approval, or disapproval, of current and proposed taxes. &lt;br /&gt;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />&lt;br /&gt;<br />There are two   calculators. The short form below recognizes expenses based on U.S. Census Bureau statistical   averages then calculates tax liability based on your salary (or net business income) and   filing status. The &lt;a href="<a href="http://www.letsrebuildit.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=75&amp;amp;Itemid=73&quot;&gt;expanded">http://www.letsrebuildit.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;view=article&amp;amp;id=75&amp;amp;Itemid=73"&gt;expanded</a> form here&lt;/a&gt; calculates taxes based on your &lt;em&gt;actual&lt;/em&gt; expenses, salary (or net business income) and filing status. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br />&lt;form id="form1" name="form1" action="index.php?option=com_jumi&amp;amp;fileid=3" method="post"&gt;<br /> &lt;table cellspacing="0" width="44%" align="center" border="0"&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;th scope="col" colspan="7"&gt;&lt;img height="155" alt="Taxes: The long term cost of moving" src="/1040_555H.jpg" width="597" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/th&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;"><span><span style="font-family: Tahoma;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;"><br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;th scope="col" colspan="7"&gt; &lt;/th&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td width="26"&gt;&lt;img height="11" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td width="272"&gt;Select a State:&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="5"&gt;&lt;select name="stid"&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;State&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="AL"&gt;Alabama&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="AK"&gt;Alaska&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="AZ"&gt;Arizona&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="AR"&gt;Arkansas&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="CA"&gt;California&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="CO"&gt;Colorado&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="CT"&gt;Connecticut&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="DE"&gt;Delaware&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="DC"&gt;District Of Columbia&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="FL"&gt;Florida&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="GA"&gt;Georgia&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="HI"&gt;Hawaii&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="ID"&gt;Idaho&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="IL"&gt;Illinois&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="IN"&gt;Indiana&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="IA"&gt;Iowa&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="KS"&gt;Kansas&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="KY"&gt;Kentucky&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="LA"&gt;Louisiana&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="ME"&gt;Maine&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="MD"&gt;Maryland&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="MA"&gt;Massachusetts&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="MI"&gt;Michigan&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="MN"&gt;Minnesota&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="MS"&gt;Mississippi&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="MO"&gt;Missouri&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="MT"&gt;Montana&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="NE"&gt;Nebraska&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="NV"&gt;Nevada&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="NH"&gt;New   Hampshire&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="NJ"&gt;New Jersey&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="NM"&gt;New   Mexico&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="NY"&gt;New York&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="NC"&gt;North   Carolina&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="ND"&gt;North Dakota&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="OH"&gt;Ohio&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="OK"&gt;Oklahoma&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="OR"&gt;Oregon&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="PA"&gt;Pennsylvania&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="RI"&gt;Rhode Island&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="SC"&gt;South Carolina&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="SD"&gt;South Dakota&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="TN"&gt;Tennessee&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="TX"&gt;Texas&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="UT"&gt;Utah&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="VT"&gt;Vermont&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="VA"&gt;Virginia&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="WA"&gt;Washington&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="WV"&gt;West Virginia&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="WI"&gt;Wisconsin&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option value="WY"&gt;Wyoming&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;img height="11" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;Gross wages or net business income:&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="5"&gt;$<br /> &lt;input id="wage" maxlength="12" size="12" value="60533" name="wage" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;img height="11" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;Are you self employed?&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td width="24"&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td width="27"&gt;&lt;input type="radio" value="yes" name="selftx" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td width="20"&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td width="332"&gt;&lt;input type="radio" checked="checked" value="no" name="selftx" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;img height="11" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td nowrap="nowrap"&gt;Are you 65 years of age or older?&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;Yes&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input type="radio" value="yes" name="senior" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;No&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input type="radio" checked="checked" value="no" name="senior" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;img height="11" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;What is your filing status?&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="5"&gt;&lt;select id="basis" name="basis"&gt;<br /> &lt;option selected="selected"&gt;Single&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;Married Filing Jointly&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;Married   Filing Separately&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;Head of Household&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;img height="11" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;How many dependents? &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="3"&gt;&lt;select id="dep" name="dep"&gt;<br /> &lt;option selected="selected"&gt;1&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;2&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;3&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;4&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;5&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;6&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;7&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;8&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;9&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="2"&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;img height="11" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;Packs of cigarettes each day?&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="3"&gt;&lt;select id="cigs" name="cigs"&gt;<br /> &lt;option selected="selected"&gt;0&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;1&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;2&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;3&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;4&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;5&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;6&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;7&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="2"&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;img height="11" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;My vehicle/s use:<br /> &lt;label&gt;&lt;/label&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="3"&gt;&lt;select id="fuel" name="fuel"&gt;<br /> &lt;option selected="selected"&gt;Gasoline&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;option&gt;Diesel&lt;/option&gt;<br /> &lt;/select&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="2"&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;img height="11" alt="" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;Compare Taxes for All States&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input type="radio" checked="checked" value="all" name="all_states" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="2"&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="2"&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;img height="11" alt="" src="/../blu_tri11.png" width="11" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;Search Taxes for above State Only&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;input type="radio" value="one_state" name="all_states" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="2"&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="2"&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt; &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;td colspan="6"&gt;&lt;hr /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td align="middle" colspan="7"&gt;&lt;input id="calc" type="submit" value="Compare Taxes" name="calc" /&gt;<br /> &lt;input type="hidden" value="TRUE" name="submitted" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;/table&gt;<br />&lt;/form&gt;<br />&lt;br /&gt;<br />&lt;br /&gt;<br />&lt;table cellspacing="0" width="77%" align="center" border="0"&gt;<br /> &lt;tbody&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;Study Exercise &lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;tr&gt;<br /> &lt;td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;<br /> &lt;em&gt;As a study exercise, note which states currently have the highest   tax rates and then research whether or not these states have balanced budgets.   Also note the general state of their economies and any population shifts. Based   on your &lt;U&gt;own&lt;/U&gt; research, form an opinion whether high taxes are beneficial   or detrimental to you personally and to communities as a whole. Exercise your   right as a citizen. Take action by writing one letter to legislators or by   attending one function that supports your position. In a thoughtful way, let   friends know if your position has changed and, if so, why. Encourage friends to   do their own research and to share their discoveries with you.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/td&gt;<br /> &lt;/tr&gt;<br /> &lt;/tbody&gt;<br />&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;"><br /></span>{/source}</p>