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<text id=92TT0007>
<title>
Jan. 06, 1992: American Notes:Personal Finances
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Jan. 06, 1992 Man of the Year:Ted Turner
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
NATION, Page 55
American Notes
PERSONAL FINANCES
No Taxes For Texas
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<p> Most Americans fork over an average 37.7% of their adjusted
gross income in taxes. George Bush paid only 29.5% last year.
Reason: he maintains his legal residence in Texas, one of only
seven states without an income tax. According to MONEY
magazine, the First Family reported an adjusted gross income of
$452,732 in 1990 but paid only $3,596, or 0.8%, in state income
taxes. Those levies probably went to Maine, where the President
vacations each August. If Bush had declared Kennebunkport as his
residence instead of Texas, where he doesn't even own a home,
his state bill would have been about $29,000. Had he listed the
District of Columbia, he would have owed about $30,000--but
high federal officials are exempted from D.C. taxes. There is
nothing illegal about the Bushes' return. Like many Americans,
they take full advantage of available tax breaks--even if
doing so leads into gray areas.
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</body></article>
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