Oregon charges no sales tax. It pays for that with an income tax that hits 8.75% before you clear $12,000 of taxable income, and a Portland freelancer stacks four more taxes on top of that. All of it is Oregon state and local tax, on top of what you already owe the IRS. None of…
Maryland taxes your freelance profit twice on one return. The state takes a bracketed rate that lands at 4.75% for most self-employed people, and your county takes another 2.25% to 3.30% on top of it. Every one of the 23 counties levies that second tax, and so does Baltimore City. There is no zero-rate county…
Indiana taxes your freelance profit at a flat 2.95% in 2026. Every one of its 92 counties then adds an income tax of its own. In Marion County, where Indianapolis sits, that second rate is 2.02%, so the real number is 4.97%. On $80,000 of net profit that comes to roughly $3,645 in Indiana state…
Michigan taxes your freelance profit at a flat 4.25%. Outside the two dozen cities that levy an income tax of their own, that is the entire state bill. Inside Detroit, add 2.4% on top. On $85,000 of net profit that comes to $4,988 in combined Michigan state and city tax, against $3,107 for the same…
New Jersey taxes your freelance profit from 1.4% to 10.75%. That is New Jersey state tax, charged on top of the US federal tax you already owe the IRS. Two rules catch people. A business loss does not shelter your other income. And New York clients do not automatically mean New York tax. What the…
North Carolina taxes your freelance profit at a flat 3.99% in 2026, down from 4.25% in 2025. On $85,000 of net profit a single filer owes about $2,643. That is North Carolina state tax, charged on top of the federal tax you already owe the United States. Nothing here replaces the IRS, and nothing here…
Georgia taxes your freelance profit at a flat 4.99% in 2026. A single filer with $90,000 of net profit owes the state about $3,425. That is Georgia tax, and it sits on top of United States federal tax. The rate has now been cut three years running. If you are working from a number you…
Ohio’s state income tax on $80,000 of freelance profit is usually zero. The Business Income Deduction takes the first $250,000 of business income off your Ohio return, so a sole proprietor under that line owes the state nothing. The bill comes from the other two. Your municipality taxes the same net profit. Your school district…
Illinois taxes your freelance profit at a flat 4.95%. For a sole proprietor that is the entire state story. Form an LLC with a second member and another Illinois tax appears. Personal Property Replacement Tax, 1.5% of the entity’s net income, filed on its own return, credited to nobody. All of that sits on top…
Florida does not tax personal income, and the state constitution is what keeps it that way. A freelancer with $95,000 of profit owes Florida nothing on it. What Florida does want is a filing. An LLC annual report, due May 1, carrying a $400 late charge the day after. This is a state layer on…