IRS: New York Lost Most Tax Paying Residents In 2013

Daily Caller ^ | 09/01/2015 | KERRY PICKET

[george76]

More taxpaying residents left New York than any other state in the nation, IRS migration data from 2013 shows. During that year, around 115,000 New Yorkers left the state and packed up $5.65 billion in adjusted gross income (AGI) as well.

Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) notes, “This new data shows that New York will remain America’s ‘Biggest Loser,’ having lost nearly 1.6 million taxpayers between 1985 and 2013. Those residents took with them more than $80.8 billion in annual AGI.”

“The phenomenal failure of New York to retain taxpayers and businesses is directly related to its uncompetitive tax and business climates. By some measures, New Yorkers face the greatest tax burden of any state in the nation.”

Although Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo acknowledged that New York is the “highest tax state in the nation” and it has “cost us dearly,” he continues to put forth policies that economically cripple New York residents and businesses.

[hosepipe]

They went to Florida to ruin that place too..

[Eagles6]

Former girlfriend loved NYC. Said "How can I get you there?"

I said "Bound and gagged in the trunk of a car"

Nearest town here is 3 miles away and it has 1 stoplight. Can't imagine living in NYC.

[dp0622]

It’s great in your 20s and 30s. I worked in the Twin Towers twice, Rockefeller Plaza (that was before and after 9/11 and on the bus detour i would see the wreckage every morning and sigh.) I’ve worked at the World Financial Center.

24 hours a day you can get almost anything. I used to work till 2 or 3 am, get a can or two of Foster’s lager, and walk to the ferry. LONG walk but i loved it.

Now i’m 47 and I work on Staten Island. And even SI is too fast for me now.

Back in those days, I thought 47 was an imaginary age. Didn’t really exist lol. It does.

[roadcat]

California used to be a nice place too before the NE trash settled here.

Well said! Practically every liberal idiot I run into in California is from elsewhere, and the worst are from the NE. Very few of us native-born old timers like us remain in coastal areas of California that were very nice when conservatives were running things. Then the jerks flooded into California. For example, Nancy Pelosi is from Baltimore, wish she had stayed there.

[T Ruth]

New York State: blessed by nature; cursed by bad government.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Although Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo acknowledged that New York is the “highest tax state in the nation” and it has “cost us dearly,” he continues to put forth policies that economically cripple New York residents and businesses.

And there you have it. Better start stocking up on TP.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Then in 5 years, they will yank the rug out and rape your company after you are settled and accomplished.

Any company that falls for this deserves what it gets.

[kearnyirish2]

I suspect that they’ll hit you sooner than five years, but in “Yankee-speak” they won’t call it taxes - just something else.

NJ can’t be far behind NY on the list of states bleeding taxpayers...

[Luircin]

And in exactly two weeks, they’ll be losing one more.

I enjoyed the food and was able to tolerate most of the people. My chaplaincy residency also taught me a lot and prepared me for a proper job in a few months.

Other than that, I’m happy to be out of here, and ONLY $5000 deeper in debt than when I came in. BUH-BYE!

[Eagles6]

Born and raised in the country. I've lived in Pittsburgh, big enough for me. Also lived in DC suburbs .

To each his own.

You're here on FR, that's all that matters.

[dp0622]

Amen to that. I’d go into withdrawal without this website :)

Only sane place I know I can count on where rational people will be.

[unixfox]

DON’T move to Texas! We don’t want your liberal/Marxist ilk!