Florida’s reputation as a relatively low tax state remains intact — for now

Florida’s reputation as a relatively low tax state remains intact, according to a new report — but the state ranks high in collecting funds from citizens in some unusual ways.

The report, How Florida Compares: Taxes, is from Florida TaxWatch, a non-partisan, nonprofit independent watchdog and taxpayer public-policy research institution. Overall, the report shows, per capita state and local revenue collections increased from $5,679 in fiscal 2014-15 to $5,733 in fiscal 2015-16. That moved the state from No. 42 to No. 40 among the 50 states in total tax burden, one spot ahead of Arkansas, one spot behind South Dakota. New York has the highest total tax burden, at $11,810 per capita, while Tennessee has the lowest, at $5,066.