CNSNews.com) -- Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nevada, in that order, have the "business-friendliest" tax climates, according the Tax Foundation in its report, the 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index, which was released today.
Those three states held the same top three “business-friendliest” rankings as last year, according to the Tax Foundation.
The 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index measures the components of an individual state's tax system, such as the corporate tax index, individual tax index, Sales Tax Rank, unemployment insurance tax rank, and property tax rank.
Six states are tied for first in the individual tax index rank. However, three states –Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nevada – ranked first, second, and third respectively in the “overall” business tax climate index category. The top ten rankings in that “overall” category are as follows:
- Wyoming
- South Dakota
- Nevada
- Alaska
- Florida
- Washington
- New Hampshire
- Montana
- Texas
- Utah
At the bottom of the list were New York (50th), New Jersey (49th), and California (48th).
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