A new report shows Connecticut’s middle class and poor families pay a higher percentage of their income in state sales and local taxes than the wealthiest families.
The report by Connecticut Voices for Children is based on an analysis of state and local tax data.
The report says the wealthiest Connecticut families pay 4.7 percent of their income in state and local taxes.
Middle-class families pay 9.6 percent of their income in state and local taxes. The report shows the poorest 20 percent pay 10.9 percent.
Opponents of increasing taxes for Connecticut’s wealthiest families city state figures show the top 5 percent of Connecticut taxpayers pay more in state income taxes than the bottom 95 percent combined.
