BillM223
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State tax filing

With this method to avoid double taxation by the states (one state allows a credit for taxes paid to another state for taxes on the same income), there is unfortunately no guarantee that the taxes levied by the several states would be equal. That is almost certainly the last thing on the minds of the state legislatures as they manage tax code in a way similar to making sausages.

 

I.e., there are two things you don't want to watch, butchers making sausages, and lawmakers making laws...

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