Study: Alabama income tax on working poor harshest.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – A national study released Wednesday showed Alabama makes families living in poverty pay higher income taxes than any other state.
The study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities comes a few days after a U.S. Census report showed Alabama residents and businesses overall pay less in state and local taxes than their counterparts in any other state.
In the 2007 fiscal year, the average of state and local taxes collected per person in Alabama was $2,909. Mississippi finished 49th at $2,989. The national median was $4,011.
That doesn't mean everyone in Alabama is enjoying low taxes.
"At the lowest incomes, we have some of the highest taxes in the nation because our system is upside down," said Chris Sanders, policy analyst for the Arise Citizens' Policy Project in Montgomery, which is funded by churches and other groups to speak out on behalf of Alabama's poor.
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