The Tax Foundation today released the 2013 State Business Tax Climate Index (10th ed.) which ranks the fifty states according to five indices: corporate tax, individual income tax, sales tax, unemployment insurance tax, and property tax. Here are the ten states with the best and worst business tax climates:
1
Wyoming
41
Maryland
2
South Dakota
42
Iowa
3
Nevada
43
Wisconsin
4
Alaska
44
North Carolina
5
Florida
45
Minnesota
6
Washington
46
Rhode Island
7
New Hampshire
47
Vermont
8
Montana
48
California
9
Texas
49
New Jersey
10
Utah
50
New York
Interestingly, all ten of the states with the worst business tax climates voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election, and five of the ten states with the best business tax climates voted for John McCain (and eight of the ten voted for George Bush in 2004).



