Uncle Sam strikes again
I live in the city limits and in a subdivision that does not allow RV parking on your lot. So years ago I built a shop in the county and the MH lives there. The MH was addressed at the shop and I paid...
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naturist wrote:
Thanks to the anti-taxers, who will do anything to avoid paying any taxes, and who have managed to strangle all efforts at tax reform that do not include cutting tax rates, government entities all over the land are desperate to collect every penny they can figure out how to extract from anyone. Never mind that wisdom would counsel they all get together and construct a rational and reasonable tax system, but I digress.
The result here is that both county and city lay claim to your tax dollars, and you are caught in the middle. I don't blame you one bit for resisting the City's claim on your wallet. I hope you win that one.
I know nothing about South Carolina taxes, but I do understand the rationale behind the system in Virginia, that assesses vehicle taxes on the location of that vehicle on New Years Day. This is an easy-to-document bright line in the sand, but it has lead to any number of auto dealerships renting farm land for a week and moving their entire inventory out to the county a couple days before the end of the year, then moving them back the following week.
I would say that this is more about local governments losing sales tax revenue due to online sales. Amazon not pays sales tax in most states but I can imagine state and local governments have really taken a hit over the last decade.
