Index score: 42.71
Texas has no personal income, capital gains or estate taxes. However property taxes, health-insurance regulations and crime rates are relatively high. "It's a good place to do business," says Kerrigan. "It used to be better" before it instituted a corporate income tax, but, she says, cities like Austin, Dallas and Houston are still "great hubs for business activity." Keeping and attracting talent isn't a problem, she says. The K-through-12 education system could be better, but its institutions of higher learning are strong.
Texas has no personal income, capital gains or estate taxes. However property taxes, health-insurance regulations and crime rates are relatively high. "It's a good place to do business," says Kerrigan. "It used to be better" before it instituted a corporate income tax, but, she says, cities like Austin, Dallas and Houston are still "great hubs for business activity." Keeping and attracting talent isn't a problem, she says. The K-through-12 education system could be better, but its institutions of higher learning are strong.
