The study by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said a family of four making $23,018 owed $548 in Alabama income taxes. Only 15 states levy state income taxes on families making less than the federal poverty level. A similar family in Georgia would pay $273 and a Mississippi family would pay $103.
The executive director of the Alabama Citizens' Policy Project, Kimble Forrister, said Alabama's income tax for families at the poverty line is a stark reminder of how much the state's tax system requires of low-income citizens.
