Hacker News Reader

> specifically targeted blue states

It seems that that law target high-state-tax states instead?

WA and TX seem equally affected, and I'd say one of them is blue, one of them is red.

Assuming the source of income didn't change much compared to 2017, what's important is to look at the effective tax rate change, (i.e 18k on a 60k income would be very different than 18k on a 300k income)

View on HN

Are you referring to the state of Washington or DC? I am pretty sure Washington state has no state tax. They just have high sales tax.

Washington state.

Both Texas and WA state have no state income tax. They have higher than average sales and property tax, these are still state tax which are deductible under SALT.

The point is they have a similar state tax system, but one is a blue state, the other is red. They both have in common a relatively low overall state tax compared to CA/NY.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com