Nebraska


Nebraska Exempts Poor Families from the Income Tax

 

Nebraska’s 1999 income tax threshold — the income level at which families begin paying income tax:

Ranking among 42 states with income taxes

    For two-parent families of four: $18,600.

17th highest (tie)

    For single-parent families of three: $15,100.

17th highest (tie)


Nebraska’s 1999 income tax on working-poor and near-poor families:
    No tax on families with incomes at the poverty line ($17,028 for family of four, $13,290 for family of three).
    No tax on families of three or four with full-time minimum-wage earnings ($10,712).
    For families of four with incomes at 125% of the poverty line ($21,285): $96.

19th lowest

    For families of three with incomes at 125% of the poverty line ($16,613): $55.

19th lowest


Nebraska has consistently exempted families with below-poverty earnings from the income tax.

In 1991, a family of four owed no tax until its income reached 3 percent above the poverty line. Nebraska’s tax threshold is now 9 percent above the poverty line.

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