Among the states, New York has by far the highest overall local taxes, averaging $1,869.88 per capita, 112 percent above the national average of $882.91.

As it turns out, however, middle-income Americans, like the country as a whole, haven't seen much change in their overall taxes over the past 30 years.

To keep tax revenue steady in this case, of course, you'd need to actually increase the overall corporate tax rate-which doesn't seem all that politically salable, either.

So, why not put several floors of a building in the "roof," thereby reducing your overall taxes.

(In all such cases, however, the overall tax payable will not increase.)

But when higher earned-income credit is included, the combined effect would mean a reduction of overall Federal taxes on that income group.

In fact, Nassau and Suffolk Counties have probably the highest overall tax levels of any county in the nation.

This tax was at some places replaced by an overall communal tax.

He was a strong advocate of balanced budget initiatives and a reduction in overall taxes.

However, our overall tax is among the lowest in Europe.