(I) Income tax notes:
Utah provides a tax credit equal to 6% of the federal personal exemption amounts (an applicable standard deduction).
(II) Sales tax notes:
California and Virginia rates each include a 1% statewide "local" sales tax rate that localities can not amend.
c = Only cities with populations between 8,500 and 50,000 were eligible for this year's Best Places to Live list.
Using statistics from data services company Onboard Informatics, we crunched the numbers in order to zero in on America's best small towns for families. (Last year, we looked at small cities, with populations between 50,000 and 300,000.)
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