In my experience, the only people in New England who call it "Taxachusetts" are the same people who would use the phrase "On the free side of the NH line."
MA doesn't even make the top 15 in terms of total state tax burden (property, income, sales).[0]
MA doesn't even make the top 15 in terms of total state tax burden (property, income, sales).[0]
-- [0] https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-bur...