If you receive a Form 1099-INT for interest income on deposits that were frozen at the end of 2014, see Frozen deposits under How To Report Interest Income in chapter 1 of Publication 550, for information about reporting this interest income exclusion on your tax return.
What are the most income tax-friendly states for retirees? That would be the seven states â Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming â that donât tax personal income; and the two states â New Hampshire and Tennessee â that collect income tax only on interest and dividend income.
State Rates. California has the highest state-level sales tax rate at 7.5 percent.[2] Five states tie for the second-highest statewide rate at 7 percent: Indiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Tennessee. The lowest non-zero, state-level sales tax is in Colorado, which has a rate of 2.9 percent. Seven states follow with 4 percent rates: Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Louisiana, New York, South Dakota, and Wyoming.[3] No changes to state-level sales taxes took effect in the first half of 2014.