5. California
The Golden State doesn’t tax your Social Security benefits, just like any other U.S. state found in this list, however, it does impose some taxes. For example, the state has a 7.25 percent levy, and localities can add even 2.5 percent. According to the Tax Foundation, in California, the average combined rate is 8.66 percent.
When it comes to income tax, the lowest rate is 1 percent, applied on up to $17,618 of taxable income for those who are married joint filers and, for single filers, up to $8,809. On the other hand, the highest rate is 13.3 percent on more than $1,181,484 for married joint filers and $1 million of taxable income for single filers.
The median property tax rate in the Golden State is $760 per $100,000 of assessed home value. However, here there’s no estate or inheritance tax.
