State taxes

Areas around Jackson Hole, Aspen, Palm Beach, Miami, New York, Dallas and Austin are in the group. Other top performers may come as more of a surprise.

When a company considers adding new jobs or making new investments, many state and local authorities offer tax incentives to support that growth.

The headache of filing dozens of state or international returns due to the so-called jock tax comes with opportunities to tap into savings, experts say.

Retirement savings can stretch further in some states than others, but retirees don't appear to care much about that fact, data shows.

Financial advisors and their clients will need to prepare for many possible outcomes by focusing on the key themes around these eight TCJA policy issues.

President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress aim to extend the expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. But they'll need to fill in a lot of details first.

Every state levies property taxes, but some states have high or complex property tax structures, making them less competitive.

The No. 1 state effectively charges 1.88% on the value of a residence, according to a realty firm's analysis of a frequent and growing concern among clients.

From those with no corporate tax at all, to those that tax everything they can — a guide to most and least competitive states when it comes to taxing businesses.

States that do not assess the major taxes are more competitive than states with complex taxes with high rates.

There are ways the business owners can continue to operate in the other states.

The top state has a total tax burden of 12.02%.

Middle-class residents in these states pay a smaller percentage of their paychecks to taxes.

Residents with high earnings in these 20 states get a bigger break on their taxes, paying a smaller percentage of their income.

State tax rates on capital gains vary across the country.

Four states have no state and local sales taxes, making them the most attractive places for consumers to go shopping.

The least attractive place to go shopping has a combined sales tax rate of 9.563%.

While property and unemployment insurance taxes are universal in every state, many of the best states for doing business do not have corporate, sales or individual income taxes.

Leaving Washington state, which in 2022 introduced a 7% tax on capital gains, could have saved Bezos $288 million in taxes after he unloaded $4 billion of Amazon.com stock in the past week.

The Washington National Tax Office of Grant Thornton points out the most important state and local tax developments to keep an eye out for.