Americans coast-to-coast filed their taxes this week. While the IRS dominated many of the headlines, most people were also filling out forms for their state as well.
Unlike with federal taxes, how much the residents of each state paid varied widely – and some of them did not have to pay a state income tax at all. That is because each state decides how it wants to fund its government in different ways. Income and sales taxes make up the bulk of revenue for many of them, with property taxes and some others rounding out the difference.