[Magdalen] Taxes???

[Jay Weigel]

No state taxes in Tennessee, but the sales tax is ridiculous.

VA has state income tax, sales tax, county taxes of all sorts, *including*
they charge me a property tax on my 12 year old vehicle, which I think is
beyond ridiculous!

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 3:49 PM, Charles Wohlers <chadwohl at satucket.com>
wrote:

> VT does tax SSI and, I gather, is one of the few states to do so. They're
> talking about getting rid of it.
>
> When my father retired, my parents moved from NJ to NC for just the reason
> you state. I left NJ for other reasons and have no desire to go back, also
> for other reasons.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: cantor03--- via Magdalen
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2018 2:40 PM
> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> Cc: cantor03 at aol.com
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Taxes???
>
> Pennsylvania has the 6% sales tax, but no income tax is levied against
> those who are retired.  I do pay school and real estate taxes.  PA
> is therefore better for retirement than many states.  Of course there
> are ALWAYS Federal income taxes to be paid.  This is one reason
> that so many New Jerseyites move to PA to avoid that states confiscatory
> taxes.  The Jersey influence is very heavy in my Pocono development.
>
> David S.
>
> In a message dated 5/1/2018 12:36:42 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> houstonklr at gmail.com writes:
>
>
>
> As is well-known, in neighbo(u)ring New Hampshire there are no sales taxes
> of any kind. Which is why one finds a bunch of big box stores right across
> the river. OTOH, they do have a 9% meals and room tax to get all the
> tourists.
>