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New Hampshire is Business Friendly
Posted by Raven on October 11th, 2006
There are many reasons to live free in New Hampshire. NH ranked 7th among the states for being business friendly, according to the Tax Foundation:
A study released Wednesday ranks New Hampshire seventh among the states in terms of business-tax climate.
Wyoming, South Dakota, Alaska and Nevada got the top ratings in the Tax Foundation’s annual ratings. The scores are based on factors such as corporate-, income- and sales-taxes, unemployment insurance and tax collections.
Rhode Island was last in the survey, followed by Ohio, New Jersey, New York and Vermont.
Maine, ranked 42nd, got a high mark for its sales tax system, but low marks for corporate, income, unemployment and property taxes.
The top ten states:
1. Wyoming
2. South Dakota
3. Alaska
4. Nevada
5. Florida
6. Texas
7. New Hampshire
8. Montana
9. Delaware
10. Oregon
The top ten worst:
41. Minnesota
42. Maine
43. Iowa
44. Nebraska
45. California
46. Vermont
47. New York
48. New Jersey
49. Ohio
50. Rhode Island
SO where did Massachusetts rank?
36.
Not too far away from the worst!
