Good news on city income tax in Mason County

A handful of Michigan cities charge their own income tax on top of the state’s. If you’re moving to Mason County, here’s the good news: neither of its two cities, Ludington and Scottville, is one of them. Mason County has no local income tax at all.

So when you earn a paycheck here, you’ll pay federal and Michigan state income tax like everyone else, but nothing extra to a city or county. That’s one less line to think about when you’re comparing the cost of living from one town to the next.

(Just keep in mind that if you live here but commute to a city that does have an income tax, like Muskegon, that city may still tax the money you earn there.)