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Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee
Map Title:
Types of Personal Income Tax Structures in the States
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: This 2023 map from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) shows the types of personal income tax structures for each state. Connecticut, like most states, has a graduated income tax.
Map Title:
Top Marginal State Individual Income Tax Rates
Interactive: No
Printable: No
Description: This 2023 Tax Foundation map shows the highest marginal state individual income tax rates in each state and the District of Columbia. Connecticut ranks 12th highest among states, with a maximum rate of 6.99%.
Map Title:
FY 2024 State Budget Status
Interactive: Yes
Printable: No
Description: This 2023 NCSL map tracks which states have enacted their FY 2024 state budgets by the start of the fiscal year, including those who enacted a biennial budget in previous years. Connecticut joins forty-five other states in having enacted its budget before the start of the year.
Map Title:
Rainy Day Fund Strength by State
Interactive: No
Printable: No
Description: This 2022 map from Pew Trusts shows the estimated number of days each state could run solely on rainy day fund reserves. Connecticut scored fifth-highest in the country at 100 days, behind only Wyoming, Alaska, North Dakota, and New Mexico. The median estimate across all fifty states is 42.5 days.
Map Title:
Percentage of State Revenue From Federal Funds, FY 21
Interactive: Yes
Printable: No
Description: This 2021 map from the Pew Charitable Trusts compares the percentage share of states’ total revenue that came from federal funds in fiscal year 2021, the first full budget year bolstered by temporary COVID-19 pandemic aid from the federal government. At 31.3%, Connecticut was below the national average of 36.7%.
Map Title:
A Visual History of Sales Tax Collection at Amazon.com
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy map shows a history of sales tax collection for purchases made at Amazon.com. In Connecticut, Amazon did not collect sales tax until 2011 when it cut ties with in-state businesses to avoid doing so. In 2013 the company started to collect sales tax on direct sales only, and in 2018 it started to collect sales tax on both direct and marketplace sales.
Map Title:
Fiscal Monitoring Across the United States
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Pew Charitable Trusts' map depicts states that monitor local governments' fiscal health as well as those with early warning systems that help prevent disruption of critical local services.
Map Title:
States with Sales Tax Holidays, 2018
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Tax Foundation map shows states that will hold a sales tax holiday in 2018.
Map Title:
Combined State and Local Sales Tax Rates, as of January 1, 2018
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Tax Foundation map shows combined state and average local sales tax rates as of January 1, 2018. Five states (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, and Oregon) do not have statewide sales tax. But Alaska and Montana allow municipalities to charge local sales tax.
Map Title:
2017 State Earned Income Tax Credits
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Center on Budget and Policy Priorities' map shows states with refundable and non-refundable Earned Income Tax Credits (EITCs). EITCs are only available to certain low-income wage earners; they reduce their tax liabilities, enabling them to retain more of their earnings.
Map Title:
How High Are Property Taxes in Your State?
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Taxfoundation map shows each state's median effective property tax rate on owner-occupied housing (i.e., the average residential property tax paid as a percentage of home value). Connecticut ranks fourth highest with a rate of 1.98%, following behind New Jersey, Illinois, and New Hampshire.
Map Title:
State Sales Tax as a Percent of Collections, FY 2015
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Taxfoundation map shows the extent to which sales taxes were responsible for tax revenue generation in each state in FY 15. Washington, Tennessee, and South Dakota relied the most on sales tax revenue.