Income
Taxes and Ohio Migration:
A Link
that Doesn't Exist

Although some policymakers insist that cutting
income taxes will prevent
migration out of Ohio, the evidence belies their claims. The same states to
which Ohioans migrate top the states sending migrants here, migration does
not change in conjunction with changes in income tax policy, Ohio residents
leave for (and come from) states with a variety of tax structures, and area
states with various tax structures are also
suffering from out-migration. More filers leave Ohio than come here each
year; income taxes are not the reason why. Read more in this June 2005
report.
Press Release
Executive Summary
Full Report
Study: Taxes Don't Affect Migration
Business First of Columbus,
Jun 8, 05
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6/6/2005