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Just thought it would be interesting to look at all the ways, most anyways, that we're taxed and how much we pay depending on where we live. Some of them surprise me; Pittman-Robertson tax to help manage wildlife covers guns, ammunition, and even a 48cent tax on each arrow shaft, but it does not tax camping equipment, binoculars, fishing equipment, or other outdoor equipment. Can't figure that one out.

My local sales tax, which includes state and local, just went to 10.125%. When does a sales tax become excessive?

https://files.taxfoundation.org/20170710170127/TF-Facts-Figures-2017-7-10-2017.pdf
 
In my Wisconsin town the sales tax is 5% -- it's a state tax. Local tax is currently 0. Grocery food is not taxed.


That was a difference from my last residence -- in Oklahoma -- where sales tax was around 8% and groceries were taxed.
 
7% sales tax in Georgia, but it goes up a penny in most larger cities I've noticed. Groceries don't have a state sales tax. I'd say that's a relatively reasonable level of taxes, but the big issue with sales tax is that they're always disproportionately hard on the poor - my family has always been able to make ends meet, but I know more than a few people that have some difficulty doing so, and every dollar counts for them.
 
Jesse Booth said:
7% sales tax in Georgia, but it goes up a penny in most larger cities I've noticed. Groceries don't have a state sales tax. I'd say that's a relatively reasonable level of taxes, but the big issue with sales tax is that they're always disproportionately hard on the poor - my family has always been able to make ends meet, but I know more than a few people that have some difficulty doing so, and every dollar counts for them.
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Georgia is 4 % + a county tax rate, which usually makes it 7 %. Here in Henry county it is 7 %, but it does vary.
 
Sales tax of 8.25%, groceries exempt. No state income tax. A tax becomes excessive when it causes folks to "vote with their feet" to avoid it. There are also property and excise taxes but not enough to make me want to move.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Sales tax of 8.25%, groceries exempt. No state income tax. A tax becomes excessive when it causes folks to "vote with their feet" to avoid it. There are also property and excise taxes but not enough to make me want to move.
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California

Sales tax - 7.25%. With county and city tax added 7.25%- 10.25%
Income tax. 1.0% - 12.3%. (9.3% starts at $56.000)
Gas tax 55.53 cents / gallon
 
Fledermaus said:
California

Sales tax - 7.25%. With county and city tax added 7.25%- 10.25%
Income tax. 1.0% - 12.3%. (9.3% starts at $56.000)
Gas tax 55.53 cents / gallon
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If Social Security income is subject to that state income tax then I would move - otherwise I would simply drive a lot less.
 
Fledermaus said:
My work commute is 23 miles one way. Down from 28 and 30 miles.
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Hmm... have you considered "camping" on the street near your workplace? A nice used RV could be in your future. ;)
 
ttwtt78640 said:
Hmm... have you considered "camping" on the street near your workplace? A nice used RV could be in your future. ;)
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You ever try to find a place to park a camper, especially in urban California. I have noticed that those pop up tents seem to be popular in many areas. They do seem to lack bathroom facilities though.
 
BahamaBob said:
You ever try to find a place to park a camper, especially in urban California. I have noticed that those pop up tents seem to be popular in many areas. They do seem to lack bathroom facilities though.
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That could be an issue for sure, but many employers have parking lots.
 
The bathroom facilities are just outside your tent flap, unless you want to bathe, then it's the fountain in the city park at night.

BahamaBob said:
You ever try to find a place to park a camper, especially in urban California. I have noticed that those pop up tents seem to be popular in many areas. They do seem to lack bathroom facilities though.
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11.5% in Chicago proper.
 
In the Bahamas it seems to change quite often. I think it is about 7% but that is deceiving because they have a Value Added Tax. That means an item is taxed every time it changes hands. The raw material provider pays a tax, the manufacturer or processor pays a tax, then it is taxed again when it is sold to the consumer. I think it actually ends up being about 15%. However, there is no income tax.

But I now live in Florida and it is 6%. And the weather is a h of a lot better than Chicago too.
 
5% federal GST and 7% provincial sales tax here in BC. Groceries and restaurants exempt.
My property taxes were about $300 last year but we're rural and don't have municipal services. I think in Vancouver it's an arm and a leg, annually.
 
Approx Numbers for some

Sales Tax of 5%

Property tax of approx 0.6% per year

CPP (Equiv to SS) 4.9% on income up to around $55 000

EI (Unemployment Insurance) 1.4% on income up to around $53 000

Gas tax probably equal to California (Regular gas costs 2.85 USD per gallon roughly where I am)

Income tax (rough estimate) of about 22% (base rate reduced for deductions at income tax time)
 
Grand Mal said:
5% federal GST and 7% provincial sales tax here in BC. Groceries and restaurants exempt.
My property taxes were about $300 last year but we're rural and don't have municipal services. I think in Vancouver it's an arm and a leg, annually.
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$300 for property taxes, now that is cheap. How is education funding handed their?

For Calgary it is for a $480 000 house approx $3100. (that includes city and education taxes)

In Saskatoon it would be $5500, and Winnipeg is about the same
 
How much do I pay?

A ****ing lot.
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
$300 for property taxes, now that is cheap. How is education funding handed their?

For Calgary it is for a $480 000 house approx $3100. (that includes city and education taxes)

In Saskatoon it would be $5500, and Winnipeg is about the same
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Cheap because there's no services. We have no water or sewer or streetlights. There's one RCMP on the island (I don't know what he does all day and until this year there were 2!) and there's an elementary school for about 25 kids but the older ones have to take a ferry to Powell River. There's a good clinic with a doctor 4 days a week and a couple nurses. And we're seniors so our property taxes fall to the lowest category.
When I moved from Surrey, about 14 years ago, my taxes there were $3400, if I remember right. You don't have enough money to pay me to move back.


edit- just read your last post. We filled up in Powell River on Wednesday for $1.43/litre. Plus PST, which you don't pay. That difference will come to a chunk of change over a year.
 
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Waddy said:
Just thought it would be interesting to look at all the ways, most anyways, that we're taxed and how much we pay depending on where we live. Some of them surprise me; Pittman-Robertson tax to help manage wildlife covers guns, ammunition, and even a 48cent tax on each arrow shaft, but it does not tax camping equipment, binoculars, fishing equipment, or other outdoor equipment. Can't figure that one out.

My local sales tax, which includes state and local, just went to 10.125%. When does a sales tax become excessive?

https://files.taxfoundation.org/20170710170127/TF-Facts-Figures-2017-7-10-2017.pdf
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Ours is around 5.5% I think with state and local sales tax. About twice that for meals/prepared foods.
 
Grand Mal said:
Cheap because there's no services. We have no water or sewer or streetlights. There's one RCMP on the island (I don't know what he does all day and until this year there were 2!) and there's an elementary school for about 25 kids but the older ones have to take a ferry to Powell River. There's a good clinic with a doctor 4 days a week and a couple nurses. And we're seniors so our property taxes fall to the lowest category.
When I moved from Surrey, about 14 years ago, my taxes there were $3400, if I remember right. You don't have enough money to pay me to move back.


edit- just read your last post. We filled up in Powell River on Wednesday for $1.43/litre. Plus PST, which you don't pay. That difference will come to a chunk of change over a year.
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Okay no services, water or sewer or streetlights?
Do you use a well, do you use a septic tank?
I'm guessing this must be a very small island so are there any cars or are you guys all using golf carts and scooters?
How do you deal with trash pickup?

What about electric? I'm assuming you have electricity. :lamo
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
Okay no services, water or sewer or streetlights?
Do you use a well, do you use a septic tank?
I'm guessing this must be a very small island so are there any cars or are you guys all using golf carts and scooters?
How do you deal with trash pickup?

What about electric? I'm assuming you have electricity. :lamo
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Well and septic. A good well, 340' deep and artesian.
It's a pretty large island, about 30 miles long and 6 wide but only inhabited on the north end. Maybe a thousand people year-long, half that again in the summer.
Golf carts? We live on 21 acres- we can hear our neighbours if they're using a chainsaw but not if they fart. We're on the grid, but not everyone is. We heat with wood which is cheap only if you put no value on your time.
Trash pick-up is available but expensive. We compost and feed other plant scraps to our friend's emu's and I put a platform on top of a fencepost where we put meat scraps for the ravens. This past spring I put a mirror up on it-it's entertaining watching them interact with it! There's a metal dump where you can take scrap metal, old appliances, car wrecks etc. twice a week and once a year a contractor comes in and crushes and fills bins with it. Upshot is about once a month we take two cans to Powell River waste disposal which costs $5.
Rural living is different for sure and better, my opinion, but nowadays you have to be retired or very, very versatile. Or very committed. Or inherit land and buildings.
 
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