Thanks, but I know and understand all that. The difficulty is that on sites such as Smart Assets, again, it specifies Wages vs. Income. According to Smart Assets, NY is an unfriendly tax state, but, when I plug in the same numbers for VA or PA, which are said to be friendly, the state tax is twice is high as NY.
State taxes isn't the only thing I'm focused on. Don't know where you got that idea from my question. Climate, Cost of Living, Amenities, Water, Friends, Environment, property taxes, healthcare ... As for the tax-free states, I lived in FL. It's a horrible place now, especially politically. I have no desire to be surrounded by mask debaters and antivaxxers (and I have many friends left there). There are no seasons and horrible climate and water. I don't particularly like 90 degrees and 100% humidity 8 months out of the year. I couldn't wait to get out of there.
I have no desire to be in Wyoming South Dakota, Alaska where the reverse is true, weatherize but not politically. Nevada is running out of water. Texas. Please. They can't even handle their electric grid now, let alone if people actually start buying and using electric cars. I don't even like changing planes there. 🙂
So, I'll continue to see if I can get an answer to my original question. Your advice, I'm sure, will help some people who have never had a job, never worked, never had self employment income, has never invested in anything or works for tips. The best thing I can probably do is see if I can find someone in a particular state that can answer a question... but of course for a fee. Because that's what we do in America. Thanks for your time.
