The Wisconsin Income Tax. Wisconsin collects a state income tax at a maximum marginal tax rate of %, spread across tax brackets. Like the Federal Income Tax, Wisconsin's income tax allows couples filing jointly to pay a lower overall rate on their combined income with wider tax brackets for joint filers. Wisconsin's maximum marginal income tax rate is the 1st highest in the United States, ranking directly below Wisconsin's %.
The military said that at the start of 2014, about 38,000 total U.S. personnel are in country, with just over 27,000 of those troops in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. The remaining U.S. troops are supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.
To add some context to the cost of the overseas military presence, the Department of Defenseâs total base budget, which excludes funding for combat activities, for fiscal 2014 was $502 billion. There are about 49,000 U.S. troops stationed in Japan, 28,000 in South Korea and 38,000 in Germany. These countries make contributions toward the cost of keeping U.S. military bases there, with Japan contributing $2 billion in 2012 and South Korea giving $765 million.