[Magdalen] Taxes???

[Scott Knitter]

We've got one of the highest sales-tax rates in the nation: in my zip code
it's 10.25% once you add up the 6.25% Illinois tax plus county and city
taxes. Only 2.25% on food, though.

Illinois income tax is 4.3549%.

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 9:03 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> A number of years ago Governor Gilmore ran on a platform of doing away
> with the car tax. Well, you see how well that worked out...
>
> Apparently, for new cars the rates are astronomical. My daughter has a new
> KIA SUV, and I think my son-in-law said her tax is around $1000.  Of
> course, they do let you pay half in June and half in December, right along
> with your property tax.
>
> > On May 1, 2018, at 4:05 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
> >>
>



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Scott R. Knitter
Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA