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? 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