7 States With No Income Tax
Alaska - Florida – Nevada – South Dakota – Texas – Washington - Wyoming (N.H. and Tenn. tax only dividend & interest income that exceeds certain limits.)
States with no income tax, sales tax, tax on retirement income best & worst
States With No Income Tax
Pensions - Tax Hells
Pensions - Tax Heavens
Only three states exempt virtually all retirement income (including public and private pension benefits, 401(k) and other retirement-plan distributions, and IRA withdrawals) from state income taxes
3 Best States for Pensions
Illinois – Mississippi - Pennsylvania
5 Toughest States for Pensions
California – Connecticut – Nebraska – Rhode Island - Vermont
36 States That Are Tax Heavens
Alabama – Alaska – Arizona – Arkansas – California – Delaware – Florida – Georgia – Hawaii Idaho – Illinois – Indiana – Kentucky – Louisiana – Maine - Maryland – Massachusetts – Michigan Mississippi – Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New York - North Carolina – Ohio Oklahoma - Oregon – Pennsylvania - South Carolina - South Dakota – Tennessee - Texas Virginia - Washington - Wisconsin - Wyoming
Social Security Benefits - Hells
14 Tax Hells
Colorado – Connecticut - Iowa, Kansas – Minnesota – Missouri – Montana – Nebraska – New Mexico - North Dakota - Rhode Island – Utah - Vermont - West Virginia. (Iowa will gradually phase out its Social Security tax by 2014, starting in 2008)