1.4% does not seem bad considering there is no tax on income and no sales
tax on groceries.

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 12:31 PM, Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The property taxes down here are under control.  As Indiana did recently,
> property taxes are now capped to a percentage of the property's assessed
> (not market) value.  That being said, the assessments are pretty close to
> spot-on, even with the changes in the economic situation over the last few
> years.
>
> On a house assessed at $155,000 (market is around $200k) with a $50,000
> homestead exemption, property taxes for 2011 were a little over $2,800.
>  Considering what I have paid in other states, I consider this reasonable.
> This includes city services such as twice weekly trash pickup, I might add.
>
> The big problem was when the housing bubble was in place, and people were
> buying houses which would then automatically reassess due to the change in
> ownership.  The taxes would then skyrocket from the previous owner,
> sometimes making the house difficult, if not impossible, to afford.
>
> Our previous house in this area was assessed at around $200k when we sold
> in 2008, and at that time the taxes were well over $3,000.
>
> Dan
>
>
> On May 13, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Brian Toscano wrote:
>
> > Florida also doesn't have a state income tax, but does have relatively
> high
> > property tax and home owner's insurance rates (home insurance rates
> higher
> > than property taxes are not uncommon).
> >
> >
> > On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:57 AM, Dan Penoff <lwb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Florida only taxes prepared food, such as you might get at a restaurant,
> >> not unprepared food that you would typically buy at a grocery store.
> >>
> >> Dan
> >>
> >> On May 13, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Brian Toscano wrote:
> >>
> >>> Some states tax all groceries, while others only heated/cooked foot.
> >>>
> >>> It has been so long since I've lived in the Northeast that I cannot
> >> recall
> >>> if they tax heated/cooked food.
> >>>
> >>> Grocery taxes are relatively common in the Southeast, though in the
> past
> >>> few years some states have reduced them.  In the Southeast where
> >>> city/county sales taxes are somewhat common, the rationale has been to
> >>> eliminate/reduce the state tax but keep the city/county sales tax
> intact.
> >>> For example, TN sales tax on food is roughly 8% (5.5% state +
> 2.25-2.75%
> >>> county where the normal rate is 9.25-9.75% (7% state + 2.25-2.75%
> >> county).
> >>> In MS groceries are taxed at the state rate of 7%.  In VA 2.5% (1.5%
> >> state
> >>> + 1% local) where the normal rate is 5% (4% state + 1% local).  NC is
> >>> 2.5-4.5% (normal rate is up around 8.25% including city/county taxes).
> >> GA
> >>> doesn't tax groceries.  I'm sure other states tax groceries as well.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Brian Toscano <brian.tosc...@gmail.com> writes:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Tax wise, the Northeast is VERY HIGH particularly when it comes to
> >>>> property
> >>>>> taxes.  At the same time, there is no sales tax on groceries, and
> >> may/may
> >>>>> not tax clothes.  NY/CT fuel taxes are VERY HIGH.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sales tax on groceries (I assume you mean food items excluding "ready
> to
> >>>> eat" prepared food) is pretty rare isn't it?  We don't have it in
> >>>> Indiana.
> >>>>
> >>>> Allan
> >>>>
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