Property Taxes - What Are Your Numbers ?

[burrocrat]

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.

 

[Maricar19]

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!

 

[alevin]

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.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=12&v=pMd3Ydg4joM

 

[clester]

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%.

 

[Maricar19]

Clester, how is your vacation coming along? I am not sure if I understood you correctly that you'll be driving all the way to Cali?

 

[clester]

Clester, how is your vacation coming along? I am not sure if I understood you correctly that you'll be driving all the way to Cali?

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.

 

[Stoplight]

Surprised to see this thread bumped back up ! :smile:

Hmmmm...I may need to go update the spreadsheet I started to be current !!!

Stoplight...

 

[Maricar19]

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.

wow...that is something I might do when I retire...
Did you stop at any place in between?

 

[clester]

wow...that is something I might do when I retire...
Did you stop at any place in between?

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.

 

[alevin]

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.

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]

main place I haven't explored even marginally to date is upper midwest, UP-Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin. May get there some day post-retirement.

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!

 

[Lindoug]

After this trip I'll have see all but the upper left states. Northern California, Oregon , Washington, Montana, Idaho Dakotas, Minnesota, Iowa etc.

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!

 

[clester]

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!

I have missed a lot. My family never took those kind of trips. I need to make up for that.

 

[Lindoug]

I have missed a lot. My family never took those kind of trips. I need to make up for that.

Yep, I didn't appreciate it then, but I definitely do know!