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Who loves small business best? 2006
Which states are low on taxes and light on government regulations? Exclusive rankings for FSB.com from the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council.*
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| Taxes |
| Top personal income tax rate |
3.90% |
| Top capital gains tax rate on individuals |
5.10% |
| Top corporate income tax rate |
5.20% |
| S-corporations tax rate |
5.20% |
| State AMT? |
No |
| Estate or inheritance tax? |
Yes |
| Gas tax ($ per gallon) |
0.2 |
| Health-insurance regulations |
| No individual may be turned down |
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| Insurers must charge same price to everyone in a community |
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| Energy costs |
| Electricity (cents/kilowatthour) |
8.37 |
| Gas (average price per gallon)** |
$2.13 |
| Bureaucracy |
| State and local govt. bureaucrats per 100 residents |
6.26 |
| Labor |
| State minimum wage/hour |
$5.15*** |
| "Right to work" state? |
Yes**** |
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| How we ranked the states |
| Which states are low on taxes and light on government regulations? In these exclusive rankings for FSB.com, the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, a nonprofit advocacy group in Washington, D.C. used their Small Business Survival Index to rate the 50 states and Washington, D.C. according to some of the major government-imposed or -related costs affecting investment, entrepreneurship, and business. SBE Council, which advocates for reduced government taxes and regulations on small business, supports a mostly Republican agenda. (more)
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