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Georgia vs Arizona: state income tax, 2025

For reference household P1 (single, $60,000 of wages), Georgia charges $2,491or less and Arizona charges $1,106or less. Both are bounded in the same direction, so the difference between them cannot be stated.

Both figures are a hypothetical full-year resident return for tax year 2025, over the same federal return, and count state income tax only. Neither is a relocation estimate: moving mid-year means two part-year returns, which this site does not figure. “Or less” means a mechanism the engine does not yet model would lower the figure; “or more” that it would raise it.

Six households, both states

HouseholdGeorgiaArizonaGeorgia minus Arizona
P1 Single, $60,000 of wages$2,491or less$1,106or lessnot bounded
P2 Married filing jointly, $150,000, two children$6,124or less$2,763or lessnot bounded
P3 Single, $85,000 wages + $15,000 long-term gain + $3,000 qualified dividends$4,723or less$2,181or lessnot bounded
P4 Married retirees, $40,000 Social Security + $30,000 pension + $20,000 IRA, both 65+$0or less$358or lessnot bounded
P5 Head of household, $45,000, one child$1,505or less$434or lessnot bounded
P6 Single, $1,200,000 of wages + $500,000 long-term gain$87,607or less$42,106or lessnot bounded

Full-year resident figures for 2025, state income tax only, with the same federal return in every column. Every figure is provisional. “Not shown” and “not figured” mean the engine will not state a number it cannot stand behind; hover for why.

Where the difference comes from

Georgia

Arizona

What this comparison leaves out

Mechanisms the engine does not model yet. Each one is named with the direction it would move the figure, which is where every “or less” above comes from.

Georgia

  • Retirement exclusion for a filer aged 62–64 whose birth year the return does not give O.C.G.A. §48-7-27(a)(5) — the figure is too high without it
  • Retirement exclusion for a filer under 62 who is permanently disabled O.C.G.A. §48-7-27(a)(5)(B) — the figure is too high without it
  • Per-person ownership of interest, dividends and capital gains on a joint return O.C.G.A. §48-7-27(a)(5); IT-511 "allocated to each taxpayer at 50%" — the figure is too high without it
  • Georgia itemized deductions, the other-state-tax adjustment (lines 12a–12c) and the eligible itemizer credit (line 19) O.C.G.A. §48-7-27(a)(1) — the figure is too high without it
  • Unborn dependent exemption (line 7b) O.C.G.A. §48-7-26(a)(3) — the figure is too high without it
  • Credit for taxes paid to another state O.C.G.A. §48-7-28 — the figure is too high without it

Arizona

  • Charitable contribution carryover from a prior year on the increased standard deduction (page 3, line 3C) where no 2025 gift is recorded A.R.S. §43-1041 — the figure is too high without it
  • Government pension exclusion (line 29a) and uniformed-services pay (line 29b) A.R.S. §43-1022(2), (3) — the figure is too high without it
  • Other exemptions (line 40) and qualifying parents and grandparents (line 41) A.R.S. §43-1023 — the figure is too high without it
  • Dependants aged under 17 who do not qualify for the federal child tax credit A.R.S. §43-1073.01 — the figure is too high without it
  • Arizona Schedule A line 5: mortgage interest equal to a federal mortgage credit certificate credit (Form 8396) A.R.S. §43-1042 — the figure is too high without it
  • Net long-term capital gain subtraction for assets acquired after 2011 (lines 23–24); a gain whose acquisition date is not shown, such as a 1099-DIV distribution, takes none A.R.S. §43-1022 — the figure is too high without it
  • Interest on U.S. obligations (line 28) A.R.S. §43-1022 — the figure is too high without it
  • Active-service pay of the armed forces, reserves and National Guard (line 32) and 529 / ABLE contributions (line 34) A.R.S. §43-1022 — the figure is too high without it
  • Nonrefundable credits from Form 301 (line 51), e.g. qualifying charitable, foster care, public school and school tuition organization contributions A.R.S. §§43-1088, 43-1089, 43-1089.01 — the figure is too high without it
  • Increased excise tax credit (line 56) and property tax credit (line 57, Form 140PTC) A.R.S. §§43-1072, 43-1072.01 — the figure is too high without it
  • Credit for taxes paid to another state or country (Form 309) A.R.S. §43-1071 — the figure is too high without it

Taxes that are not income tax. Property tax, sales and excise taxes, and state payroll levies such as disability or paid-leave contributions are not counted here, and none of them is small. Federal tax is excluded because it is the same in both columns. A state income tax comparison is not a total tax burden comparison; see methodology.

Data status

Georgia. 2025 rules are provisional; engine coverage is implemented, with 6 mechanisms declared as not yet modelled. See the 2025 rate table.

Arizona. 2025 rules are provisional; engine coverage is implemented, with 11 mechanisms declared as not yet modelled. See the 2025 rate table.

2026 state rules are not built yet, so this page compares 2025 only. Track status on the 2025 data status board.

Try it with your own return

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