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Taxes
Top personal income tax rate:9.9%
Top corporate income tax rate:9%
Energy costs
Electricity:14.01 cents/kilowatthour
Gas (avg. price/gallon):$2.19
Labor
Minimum wage:$7.10/hour
4. Rhode Island
Rank: 48
Index score: 64.97

Tiny Rhode Island has some big taxes - on personal income, corporate income and property. It also has an estate tax, an individual AMT (but no corporate one), a high minimum wage, and relatively poor property rights protections.
* SBE Council, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit which advocates for reduced government taxes and regulations on small business, tends to lobby for the Republican agenda when it comes to taxes and regulations.
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