ALBANY - New York has retained its place as the state with the highest combined state and local tax burden
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The Tax Foundation, a conservative fiscal group, said 12.7 percent of state income went to a hodgepodge of state and local taxes in New York in 2012.
The good news - taken in perspective - is that the nation's average tax burden for all 50 states has fallen each year from 10
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The taxes examined in the report include income, property, sales, excise levies on everything from beer to cigarettes, estate taxes and corporate income.
New York was followed by Connecticut and New Jersey, which over the years have been in the top - or worst - three spots
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"This may be partially attributed to high expenditure levels, which must be sustained by high levels of revenue," the report said.
Rounding out the top five in highest tax burden were Wisconsin and Illinois
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At the bottom were Alaska
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In New York in 2012, the group said the state and local tax burden per capita stood at $6
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