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Virginia Taxes Low
Compared With
Other States
Virginia continued as a low tax state during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1951 according to comparative statistics released last week by the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce.
The Bureau’s publication, “Tax Collections in 1951” (August 1951) uses two indexes for the measurement of relative tax burdens. On the basis of both indexes, per capita collections and collections as a percentage of 1950 income payments to individuals, Virginia’s State tax collections were relatively lower than in over half of the other 47 states. “Collections as a percentage of income payments” means the equivalent portion of income payments to individuals that would be necessary to pay the total State tax bill.
Per capita collections of State taxes in Virginia amounted to $48.83 (while the average for all 48 states was $59.59. Thirty-four states had Jiigher per capita clolections than Virginia, while only thirteen states had lower per capita collections than Virginia. Per capita collections ranged from a low of $34.74 in New Jersey to
seems to be the genius of collecti'istic government, talcing the dollar from you, keeping about 5$ cents and paying back , about 48 cents of your own dollar.
54.2%