Lindoug
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Yep, I didn't appreciate it then, but I definitely do know!
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Property Taxes - What Are Your Numbers ?
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Yep, I didn't appreciate it then, but I definitely do know!
clester
Well-known member
I have missed a lot. My family never took those kind of trips. I need to make up for that.
Lindoug
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It seems you've missed a great deal of beauty that this country has to offer. When I was a kid, my parents would take us on driving vacations from the San Francisco Bay Area we went to Northern California, Oregon , Washington, Montana, Idaho in one trip. That was some beautiful land (coming from a kid who doesn't appreciate anything), I still remember how beautiful it was, and understood the term "Big Sky" in relation to Montana!
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clester
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Me neither. After this trip I'll have see all but the upper left states. Northern California, Oregon , Washington, Montana, Idaho Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa etc. been to a little bit of Wisconsin. Lots to see out there!
alevin
Well-known member
main place I haven't explored even marginally to date is upper midwest, UP-Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin. May get there some day post-retirement.
clester
Well-known member
We wanted to get here in 7 days so not much time for stopping but we spent a full day in new orleans and Austin. Also, some days we only drove 4-6 hours (we wanted to keep driving hours to around 8) so we had a little time to check out the area. But being on the road so much we rested and had nice meals. On the way back we don't have any deadlines so we may see more stuff.
It gets expensive out on the road but we're staying with my son for 10 nights. so that helps.
Maricar19
Active member
wow...that is something I might do when I retire...
Did you stop at any place in between?
clester
Well-known member
Having a great time. Left last Friday and arrived yesterday in San Diego. Went from upper East Tennessee through Alabama to New Orleans. Then through Houston to Austin tx. From there to las cruces NM to Tucson and then here. Lots of driving across this huge country. It's very different geology after Austin. Saw lots of desert but even that was very varied.
Be here for 10 days then driving home via Las Vegas and maybe Denver. Haven't decided yet.
clester
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After reading how high taxes are in other places, I feel better about mine. Tennessee has no income tax. Most places have about 9.5% sales tax. My county taxes are about .5 % of value. Same for city. I would feel better if wasn't recently forcibly annexed into city. We do have a tax on investments like stocks and mutual funds etc of about 6%.
alevin
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Yep, there's a whole lot of taxin' goin' on. My local taxes are all rolled into one bill (city, county, special purpose tax districts), but it can be paid in 3 parts through the year. If pay full value upfront on first due date, there is a substantial discount on the bill. I save through the year prior and pay the discounted bill all at once each fall.
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Maricar19
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Since we are planning to move when we retire, i thought it would be a good idea to check back this thread.
While l I was reviewing all the responses about taxes and such, I noticed the taxes mentioned were: property tax, school tax, real estate tax, income tax, user tax, and sales tax.
i was wondering if your taxes (real estate, property, school) were rolled into 1 tax?
where I live, we have township tax ($1200), and county tax($1400) and are payable in April. Real estate, property and school tax are rolled into 1 tax and payable in September, $8k.
oh, i forgot to mention..the town where I live also hits us with per capita tax, too and where my spouse works, they have a borough tax of 4%.
Here's the crazy part: my town belongs to nether providence township which belongs to delaware county which belongs to PA, which belongs to USA.
so, we pay per capita tax and school/property/real estate tax to the town, pay township tax to nether providence, pay county tax to delaware county, plus i pay city wage tax(4%) for working in Philly, and spouse pays 4% borough tax, and then pay PA flat rate state income tax, and then federal tax....plus the everyday sales tax!
While l I was reviewing all the responses about taxes and such, I noticed the taxes mentioned were: property tax, school tax, real estate tax, income tax, user tax, and sales tax.
i was wondering if your taxes (real estate, property, school) were rolled into 1 tax?
where I live, we have township tax ($1200), and county tax($1400) and are payable in April. Real estate, property and school tax are rolled into 1 tax and payable in September, $8k.
oh, i forgot to mention..the town where I live also hits us with per capita tax, too and where my spouse works, they have a borough tax of 4%.
Here's the crazy part: my town belongs to nether providence township which belongs to delaware county which belongs to PA, which belongs to USA.
so, we pay per capita tax and school/property/real estate tax to the town, pay township tax to nether providence, pay county tax to delaware county, plus i pay city wage tax(4%) for working in Philly, and spouse pays 4% borough tax, and then pay PA flat rate state income tax, and then federal tax....plus the everyday sales tax!
burrocrat
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montana:
property tax: $119/year on 2 br 1100 sf home.
income tax: 6.9%.
state and local sales tax: none.
vehicle registration fee: $164 on modest 2006 model year light duty car/truck.
lots of gravel roads, very little law enforcement presence per capita or square mile. out here we mostly police ourselves and get ourselves around. nearly everyone is prepared for rough times, nearly everyone carries at least one firearm on or near their person, nearly everyone is very polite, nearly everyone is tolerant and helps their neighbor. mostly folks just leave each other alone, none of my business.
also, you can pee outside anywhere you feel like it and jump into rivers butt naked if you want. nobody cares. and it's beautiful! god's country. but maybe it's not the kind of place for everyone, in fact, we'd prefer you just stay right where you are.
property tax: $119/year on 2 br 1100 sf home.
income tax: 6.9%.
state and local sales tax: none.
vehicle registration fee: $164 on modest 2006 model year light duty car/truck.
lots of gravel roads, very little law enforcement presence per capita or square mile. out here we mostly police ourselves and get ourselves around. nearly everyone is prepared for rough times, nearly everyone carries at least one firearm on or near their person, nearly everyone is very polite, nearly everyone is tolerant and helps their neighbor. mostly folks just leave each other alone, none of my business.
also, you can pee outside anywhere you feel like it and jump into rivers butt naked if you want. nobody cares. and it's beautiful! god's country. but maybe it's not the kind of place for everyone, in fact, we'd prefer you just stay right where you are.
Maricar19
Active member
1. Philly- never knew about history of city taxes..good info
2. NJ - good move to get out of NJ, they tax almost everything when you retire..
dougscott
Member
Agree, but Florida also has a lot of fee's (occupational, licensing, road use, etc) (e.g: every time a registered vehicle is bought/sold 2x titles are sold at ~$80 each, plus the repetitive sales tax on each re-sell purchase price, road use and new/transfer registration fees). The sales tax also includes hotel "bed tax". Florida is privileged to have lots of tourist assistance with taxes. Consumption taxes is much better in a state with tourism.
Valkyrie
Well-known member
Philadelphia wage tax is a temporary tax put in place during WWII until the war effort was over to support city services when there was over 40-50k people working at the Shipyard. Before the war there was less than 10k working there.
The city thinks the war effort is still ongoing.
NJ had the highest property taxes in the country.
1900 sq ft house 2 car attached garage 0.24 acre
$6500/yr, half of that is school tax for over paid teachers and support people. school bus lot has some very high end vehicles of the workers. all of the police drive SUVs with the higher fuel cost, all public work foreman and assistant foreman get a pickup truck to drive home and all have expensive vinyl labels advertising the town. democraps run the town. diesel trucks run for ever yet after the large tax increase a few yrs ago, mine went up $1200 in one yr, they buy all new $$$$ diesel trucks for public works, plus pave the school parking lots which didn't need to be paved, etc., etc., etc..
my plan is to leave the state.
The city thinks the war effort is still ongoing.
NJ had the highest property taxes in the country.
1900 sq ft house 2 car attached garage 0.24 acre
$6500/yr, half of that is school tax for over paid teachers and support people. school bus lot has some very high end vehicles of the workers. all of the police drive SUVs with the higher fuel cost, all public work foreman and assistant foreman get a pickup truck to drive home and all have expensive vinyl labels advertising the town. democraps run the town. diesel trucks run for ever yet after the large tax increase a few yrs ago, mine went up $1200 in one yr, they buy all new $$$$ diesel trucks for public works, plus pave the school parking lots which didn't need to be paved, etc., etc., etc..
my plan is to leave the state.
Warrenlm
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Since florida has no income tax, the state get its money via property taxes and sales tax. I paid $3,800 in property taxes last year for a 4 bedroom, 2 car garage, 2,200 sq foot home.
The state has a 6% sales tax on everything except un-prepared food and medicines and some counties and cities piggy back on top of that to make it up to 8%. In my county the combined state and local sales tax is 7%
The state has a 6% sales tax on everything except un-prepared food and medicines and some counties and cities piggy back on top of that to make it up to 8%. In my county the combined state and local sales tax is 7%
