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    Fiscal Fact No. 178

    Introduction
    New taxes to fund the federal government's plan for higher health insurance spending continue to be debated in Washington. According to a new Bloomberg report, the top surtax rate will be 5.4 percent in the House plan.[i] That will be the top rate in a three-tiered surtax aimed at high-income tax returns:

    1 percent surtax on AGI between $350,000 and $500,000 (singles between $280,000 and $400,000)

    1.5 percent surtax on AGI between $500,000 and $1,000,000 (singles between $400,000 and $800,000)

    5.4 percent surtax on AGI beyond $1,000,000 (singles beyond $800,000)

    States have been raising taxes on this same group, leading to concern over how high the combined tax rates would be in each state, especially in the growing number of states with double-digit tax rates. Some commentators merely sum the rates at the federal, state and local level to give a statutory total tax rate. A more accurate method is to calculate the effective marginal tax rate, which takes into consideration deductions and adjustments.

    In Table 1 below we present calculations of the effective marginal tax rate on top earners. We assume that the current state and local income tax rates will remain through 2011, the top federal taxable income rate will rise as scheduled to 39.6 percent, and a new House plan for 5.4 percent surtax on AGI earned at very high-income levels will become law.

    Table 1
    Top Effective Marginal Rates under Proposed Health Care Surtax by State
    Sorted by Combined Top Tax Rate in 2011
    State
    Avg. Local Rate
    Top
    State Rate (2011)
    Top Federal Ordinary Rate
    New
    Surtax
    Medicare
    Tax
    Combined
    Top Rate
    Rank

    Oregon
    0.36%
    11.00%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    57.54%
    1

    Hawaii
    0.00%
    11.00%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    57.22%
    2

    New York^
    1.70%
    8.97%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    56.92%
    3

    California
    0.00%
    10.30%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    56.58%
    4

    Rhode Island
    0.00%
    9.90%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    56.22%
    5

    Vermont
    0.00%
    9.40%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    55.77%
    6

    Maryland
    2.98%
    6.25%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    55.61%
    7

    New Jersey 0.09%
    8.97%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    55.46%
    8

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    You better hope this doesn't pass. Small businesses (having 500 or less employees) are livid.

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    Fiscal Fact No. 178

    Introduction
    New taxes to fund the federal government's plan for higher health insurance spending continue to be debated in Washington. According to a new Bloomberg report, the top surtax rate will be 5.4 percent in the House plan.[i] That will be the top rate in a three-tiered surtax aimed at high-income tax returns:

    1 percent surtax on AGI between $350,000 and $500,000 (singles between $280,000 and $400,000)

    1.5 percent surtax on AGI between $500,000 and $1,000,000 (singles between $400,000 and $800,000)

    5.4 percent surtax on AGI beyond $1,000,000 (singles beyond $800,000)

    States have been raising taxes on this same group, leading to concern over how high the combined tax rates would be in each state, especially in the growing number of states with double-digit tax rates. Some commentators merely sum the rates at the federal, state and local level to give a statutory total tax rate. A more accurate method is to calculate the effective marginal tax rate, which takes into consideration deductions and adjustments.

    In Table 1 below we present calculations of the effective marginal tax rate on top earners. We assume that the current state and local income tax rates will remain through 2011, the top federal taxable income rate will rise as scheduled to 39.6 percent, and a new House plan for 5.4 percent surtax on AGI earned at very high-income levels will become law.

    Table 1
    Top Effective Marginal Rates under Proposed Health Care Surtax by State
    Sorted by Combined Top Tax Rate in 2011
    State
    Avg. Local Rate
    Top
    State Rate (2011)
    Top Federal Ordinary Rate
    New
    Surtax
    Medicare
    Tax
    Combined
    Top Rate
    Rank

    Oregon
    0.36%
    11.00%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    57.54%
    1

    Hawaii
    0.00%
    11.00%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    57.22%
    2

    New York^
    1.70%
    8.97%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    56.92%
    3

    California
    0.00%
    10.30%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    56.58%
    4

    Rhode Island
    0.00%
    9.90%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    56.22%
    5

    Vermont
    0.00%
    9.40%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    55.77%
    6

    Maryland
    2.98%
    6.25%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    55.61%
    7

    New Jersey 0.09%
    8.97%
    39.6%
    5.4%
    2.9%
    55.46%
    8

    the whole list and the rest at..
    http://www.taxfoundation.org/publica...how/24863.html
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    That's the marginal income tax. Not the tax in general. Income should, IMHO, be adjusted to wealth anyway. But no one's going to drop their American citizenship and move out of America because of a 5.4% tax - that would be terrible for business.
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