Rhode Island wins this category (there's either a liquor store or a coffee shop for every 1,700 people there), but because of its big drop in viable small businesses in recent years and
relatively high sales taxes, it didn't make the list.
For example, in countries with
relatively high sales tax and vehicle registration fees (the Netherlands), exemptions from these fees can be strong sales drivers.
Not exact matches
That's because of the
relatively high state income and
sales taxes they pay.
The so - called SALT deduction, which provides a
tax break on state and local property
taxes as well as income
taxes or
sales taxes, will be capped at $ 10,000 — a change that will mostly hurt people who make
relatively high incomes in
high -
tax states that tend to vote Democratic.