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Glad you have that luxury, CA has some of the highest taxes anywhere and I would definitely be opposed to more.

Upvoter33 10y ago
um, not really. the property taxes are so broken that many people own multi-million dollar homes and pay for them as if they were worth nearly nothing. that said, sales tax and state tax rates are high, so if you just mean that, you are right.
- sharkmerry 10y ago
  >> that said, sales tax and state tax rates are high, so if you just mean that, you are right. This is a result of the property taxes being fixed(ish) though, isnt it? Since they cant get true value from that, they have to raise other taxes to make up for it.
acdha 10y ago
https://taxfoundation.org/state-and-local-sales-tax-rates-2016/ https://taxfoundation.org/state-and-local-sales-tax-rates-20... “The five states with the highest average combined state and local sales tax rates are Tennessee (9.46 percent), Arkansas (9.30 percent), Louisiana (9.0 percent), Alabama (8.97 percent), and Washington (8.90 percent).”
- refurb 10y ago
  That analysis ignores the income brackets. If I have the choice of living where the state income tax hit 8% at $50K vs. %9 at $200K, I'd gladly live in the state with the "higher" state income tax rate.
  - acdha 10y ago
    That wasn't the question, however, any more than the far more important question of what you get for those taxes.
- jpobst 10y ago
  Tennessee has no income tax, so I'll gladly take 9.46% sales tax and no income tax over California's 8.48% sales tax plus 1% - 13.3% income tax.
  - 824ueirwfjd 10y ago
    on top of 40% federal tax rate for highest bracket... why would anyone want to start a business in CA?
- DrScump 10y ago
  Most Californians live in areas with sales surtaxes, ending up at as much as 9.75%: http://www.boe.ca.gov/app/rates.aspx?LETTER=S&LIST=CITY http://www.boe.ca.gov/app/rates.aspx?LETTER=S&LIST=CITY
r00fus 10y ago
You're free to leave anytime. Why haven't you? If you have, then your opinion is moot.

um, not really. the property taxes are so broken that many people own multi-million dollar homes and pay for them as if they were worth nearly nothing. that said, sales tax and state tax rates are high, so if you just mean that, you are right.

sharkmerry 10y ago
>> that said, sales tax and state tax rates are high, so if you just mean that, you are right. This is a result of the property taxes being fixed(ish) though, isnt it? Since they cant get true value from that, they have to raise other taxes to make up for it.

acdha 10y ago

https://taxfoundation.org/state-and-local-sales-tax-rates-2016/ https://taxfoundation.org/state-and-local-sales-tax-rates-20... “The five states with the highest average combined state and local sales tax rates are Tennessee (9.46 percent), Arkansas (9.30 percent), Louisiana (9.0 percent), Alabama (8.97 percent), and Washington (8.90 percent).”

refurb 10y ago
That analysis ignores the income brackets. If I have the choice of living where the state income tax hit 8% at $50K vs. %9 at $200K, I'd gladly live in the state with the "higher" state income tax rate.
- acdha 10y ago
  That wasn't the question, however, any more than the far more important question of what you get for those taxes.
jpobst 10y ago
Tennessee has no income tax, so I'll gladly take 9.46% sales tax and no income tax over California's 8.48% sales tax plus 1% - 13.3% income tax.
- 824ueirwfjd 10y ago
  on top of 40% federal tax rate for highest bracket... why would anyone want to start a business in CA?
DrScump 10y ago
Most Californians live in areas with sales surtaxes, ending up at as much as 9.75%: http://www.boe.ca.gov/app/rates.aspx?LETTER=S&LIST=CITY http://www.boe.ca.gov/app/rates.aspx?LETTER=S&LIST=CITY

r00fus 10y ago

You're free to leave anytime. Why haven't you? If you have, then your opinion is moot.