Wednesday, May 25, 2005

What's In Your Wallet?

Forbes Magazine just published its 2005 Tax Misery & Reform Index:
The Misery score is the sum of the taxes shown below, at the highest marginal rate in each locale. It is our best proxy for evaluating whether policy attracts or repels capital and talent. Misery is the sum, Reform is the change from last year. A negative number reflects a gain in attractiveness. .
. Exact numbers can be found at www.forbes.com/extra.

Comparative Disadvantage (click to enlarge)

You can download a .zip file containing the underlying data (in Excel).

(via The Corner)

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