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* Sales Tax * Income Tax * Property Tax People in all states pay some combo of those 3. Some say no income tax (FL). But that means higher sales tax and prop

* Sales Tax * Income Tax * Property Tax People in all states pay some combo of those 3. Some say no income tax (FL). But that means higher sales tax and property tax. Others have all 3 taxes, but in lower amounts. Do you really think in New Hampshire you pay less total tax then someone like me, living in the Midwest? You likely do better than NY/Cali, but not the Midwest..

panick21_ 4y ago
And for all practical purposes your social security is simply a tax as it goes into the exact same bucket as taxes.
- brianwawok 4y ago
  True, though that is a federal tax. The 3 taxes I posted - I was referring to state and local level taxes. Bragging about no sales tax while paying a higher income / property taxes was a pretty funny / American thing to do..
  - panick21_ 4y ago
    Tax laws are confusing and nonsensical everywhere. Seems to me for local taxes land-value tax is clearly the most sensible. It aligns the intensives much better. On state and federal level you can use flat or progressive income tax. I don't understand why anybody would do sales or value added tax. But recently I have been thinking if land-value tax for everything just didn't make sense.
    - brianwawok 4y ago
      So someone lives in a $400,000 RV in an RV park. They won't pay property tax. Say they are living inherieted money. They won't pay income tax. So sales tax would be their only tax. Obviously this is a cherry picked example and can't represent but .1% of the population. But each lever you pull for tax rewards/punishes a different group. A famous example if FL has no income tax, letting retirees stretch their fixed pensions further. In general, if a state has a lot of tourists coming to it. They won't get property tax nor income tax on the visitors, but they WILL get sales tax. So it makes sense to raise the sales tax, so that you can lower the property / income tax for people that live there yearround.
      - panick21_ 4y ago
        The RV park would pay land value tax and that would be financed by the rend of the RV park. Tourists will make some locations more valuable then others, so it should have an impact on property tax.
Tsukiortu 4y ago
We in Ohio also have literally all 3 at the same time. I'd rather not deal with sales tax, gets annoying sometimes with cash.

panick21_ 4y ago

And for all practical purposes your social security is simply a tax as it goes into the exact same bucket as taxes.

brianwawok 4y ago
True, though that is a federal tax. The 3 taxes I posted - I was referring to state and local level taxes. Bragging about no sales tax while paying a higher income / property taxes was a pretty funny / American thing to do..
- panick21_ 4y ago
  Tax laws are confusing and nonsensical everywhere. Seems to me for local taxes land-value tax is clearly the most sensible. It aligns the intensives much better. On state and federal level you can use flat or progressive income tax. I don't understand why anybody would do sales or value added tax. But recently I have been thinking if land-value tax for everything just didn't make sense.
  - brianwawok 4y ago
    So someone lives in a $400,000 RV in an RV park. They won't pay property tax. Say they are living inherieted money. They won't pay income tax. So sales tax would be their only tax. Obviously this is a cherry picked example and can't represent but .1% of the population. But each lever you pull for tax rewards/punishes a different group. A famous example if FL has no income tax, letting retirees stretch their fixed pensions further. In general, if a state has a lot of tourists coming to it. They won't get property tax nor income tax on the visitors, but they WILL get sales tax. So it makes sense to raise the sales tax, so that you can lower the property / income tax for people that live there yearround.
    - panick21_ 4y ago
      The RV park would pay land value tax and that would be financed by the rend of the RV park. Tourists will make some locations more valuable then others, so it should have an impact on property tax.

Tsukiortu 4y ago

We in Ohio also have literally all 3 at the same time. I'd rather not deal with sales tax, gets annoying sometimes with cash.