Of course NJ has the highest because 73% of property taxes pay for the public schools and the teacher's are guaranteed a salary increase every year, so my taxes will never godown unless they find another way to fund it!!!
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Good afternoon, > > We’ve got a new tax map out this week looking at property taxes across > the U.S. > <http://taxfoundation.org/blog/how-high-are-property-taxes-your-state> > Specifically, we’re looking at the effective tax rates on owner-occupied > housing. This is the average amount of residential property tax actually > paid, expressed as a percentage of home value. > > Some states with high property taxes, like New Hampshire and Texas, rely > heavily on property taxes in lieu of other major tax categories. Others, > like New Jersey and Illinois, impose high property taxes alongside high > rates in the other major tax categories. > > New Jersey has the highest effective rate at 2.38% and is followed closely > by Illinois (2.32%), New Hampshire (2.15%), and Connecticut (1.98%). On the > other end of the spectrum, Hawaii has the lowest effective rate at 0.28%, > and is followed closely by Alabama (0.43%), Louisiana (0.51%), and Delaware > (0.55%). > > How does your state compare? > <http://taxfoundation.org/blog/how-high-are-property-taxes-your-state> > > Best, > > Richard > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > *Richard Borean* > *Manager of Communications* > Tax Foundation > > 202-464-5120 > [email protected] > @RichardBorean <http://twitter.com/richardborean> > > > *Disclaimer: *If you do not wish to receive further news/releases from > The Tax Foundation, please click the following link: [Remove Me] > <http://app.meltwaterpress.com/mpress/removeme.html?cId=8672964&sId=50697&cT=imported&[email protected]>. > Requests will take a maximum of 2 business days to process. > > Contact information: Richard Borean, The Tax Foundation, 1325 G Street > N.W., Suite 950, Washington, DC 20005 > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- brine http://brineb.blogspot.com/ -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
