NEWS
Tax day fast approaching
With Tax Day fast approaching and the new tax code taking effect
this year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its 2019 Tax Burden by State report as well as accompanying videos, along with its 2019 Tax Facts infographic.
In order to determine which states tax their residents most
aggressively, WalletHub compared the 50 states based on the three
components of state tax burden — property taxes, individual income
taxes, and sales and excise taxes — as a share of total personal income.
| States with Highest Tax Burdens (%) | States with Lowest Tax Burdens (%) | ||
| 1 | New York (12.97%) | 41 | Wyoming (7.51%) |
| 2 | Hawaii (11.71%) | T-42 | Alabama (7.28%) |
| 3 | Maine (10.84%) | T-42 | South Dakota (7.28%) |
| 4 | Vermont (10.77%) | 44 | Montana (7.27%) |
| 5 | Minnesota (10.25%) | 45 | Oklahoma (7.12%) |
| 6 | Rhode Island (10.20%) | 46 | New Hampshire (6.86%) |
| 7 | New Jersey (9.86%) | 47 | Florida (6.56%) |
| 8 | Connecticut (9.70%) | 48 | Tennessee (6.28%) |
| 9 | Illinois (9.67%) | 49 | Delaware (5.55%) |
| 10 | Iowa (9.49%) | 50 | Alaska (5.10%) |
Key Stats – Tax Facts Infographic
- Americans spend 8.1 billion hours doing taxes each year. The average person spends 11 hours and $200 completing his or her 1040.
- 4.6 million fewer taxpayers will get a federal tax refund this year. The average refund in 2019 is $2,957, as of 3/15/2019.
- Nearly
one-third of people (31%) say their biggest Tax Day fear is making a
math mistake on their taxes, topping not having enough money (28%),
identity theft (24%) and getting audited (17%).
- 36% of Americans would move to a different country and 24% would get an “IRS” tattoo for a tax-free future.
- 50% of people would rather do jury duty than their taxes. 1 in 5 would prefer talking to their kids about sex. More than 10% would swim with sharks, spend the night in jail and drink expired milk.
To view the full report and your state’s rank, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-burden/20494/
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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