Hammered by an income tax?!? 6% of your Federal tax liability(which is only a fraction of your actual income), and that's getting hammered? Suppose you make $200K a year, you pay an overall tax rate of 20%, and your tax liability is $40K. What's your state tax going to be? 6% of $40K=$2400, or $200 per month. So ya make over $16,500 per month, and you have to pay $200 a month in state income tax? Hammered? LOL! You better be being facetious, or, well...you don't look like you have very good judgement. Hammered! LOL!