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- NATION, Page 55American NotesPERSONAL FINANCESNo Taxes For Texas
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- 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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