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> Most places in the US, the local tax is the same statewide. Didn't quite pass my seasonally congested anecdotal sniff test. Turns out[1]: - 74% (37 states
by metaphor 4y ago
> Most places in the US, the local tax is the same statewide.
Didn't quite pass my seasonally congested anecdotal sniff test. Turns out[1]:
- 74% (37 states) vary depending on a local rate
- 18% (9 states) are fixed at a state level
- 8% (4 states) don't have sales tax
> Not in Ohio, where it can vary by township, sometimes across invisible boundaries.
Ohio isn't really exceptional in this regard; a few examples that come to mind:
- San Francisco = 8.625% v. South San Francisco = 9.875% v. Oakland = 10.25%
- Julington Creek Plantation (FL) = 7.5% v. Fruit Cove (FL) = 6.5%
[1] https://www.sale-tax.com/ https://www.sale-tax.com/
- happycube 4y agoNote that South San Francisco is actually in a different county.
- metaphor 4y agoExactly why I cherry-picked that example; it's consistent with the parent's Ohio example in that most transients flying to SF via SFO don't even realize that they're technically in a different city/county. Similar situation with Julington Creek Plantation and Fruit Cove; both are technically in the same county (St. Johns County) and literally butt up against each other, and yet the former pays Jacksonville (Duval County) sales tax.
- myself248 4y agoWow, thank you, I had no idea it was that bad. I live in one of those magical 9 states where it's fixed at state-level and thought that was standard.