Taxation

Income tax in Rhode Island is about 9.5%.

I’ve only now begun to realize how high that is.

As a thought experiment, take your annual income, remove a “0” from it, and divide the result by 3,000. That’s the number of perfectly usable, stable, used cars that you could buy PER YEAR with around 9.5% of your income. Yeesh. And to think, the state is just putting it towards buckets of cocaine or something.

However, I work in Boston (at least, the server I log into for work is in Boston, and my direct deposits originate in Boston). This means that MA will first take 5.2%, and then Rhode Island will take the remaining 4.3%.

Screeeeeeeeeee!