PA Ranks 16th Highest in Per Capita Tax Collections

Pennsylvania finished 16th in a Tax Foundation analysis of state and local tax collections per capita – ranked from highest to lowest.

Those tax collections in Pennsylvania amounted to $5,058 per capita, according to the foundation’s numbers.

The Tax Foundation numbers don’t always represent a complete picture of the burden on taxpayers within each state, however. North Dakota, for one, has a severance tax on oil and gas production, which is borne primarily by consumers outside the state where those resources are ultimately sold, the analysis states. So the state’s overall state and local tax burden appears high, according to the report, but the actual burden on state residents is much lower.

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State and Local Tax Collections by State

Source: Tax Foundation