The highest-paid Iowans have to work 3 weeks per year to pay their state and local tax obligation (5.8% of income). The lowest-paid Iowans have to work twice as long to do the same (10.6% of income).
6/13/2003
Proposed Tax Cuts Geared To Wealthiest
Sixty cents of every dollar would go to the wealthiest 20 percent of Iowa taxpayers if Gov. Tom Vilsack signs income-tax cuts passed by the Iowa Legislature.