Taxes by State
Is there a list anywhere showing comparison of taxes required by State for pensions, social security, vehicles etc.
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bucky wrote:
The states are going to fund their budgets with our money one way or another. No state income tax?, better watch out for sales and property tax and so on.
Live where you want to and enjoy the rest of your life.
Not entirely true - some states do a better job of managing their money than others. As an example we are spending the summer in Yavapai County, AZ where the sales tax is a little over 9 percent on almost everything you buy, including groceries and electricity. They also have a state income tax.
Our home base is in NE Florida where the sales tax is 7 percent with many exemptions, food being one of the major ones AND the state has no income tax. The property tax on our 200,000+ home is less than 1,500 per year. The FL annual registration on our MH and two cars is less than $200 per year yet they manage to have some of the best roads in the country. Of course FL collects a lot of sales tax from tourists but then AZ gets its share as well.
California is an example of the extreme waste and you see high sales tax, property tax and income tax and a constant need for more money as they cannot manage what they have.
