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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Here in Washington, we do not have a state income tax. That appears to be the justification for an up to (county by county) 9% sales tax on everything but food, excessive license tab fees (which have been voted down by initiative at least twice, but persist nonetheless), among the highest gas taxes in the nation, and among the highest property taxes in the nation.
Oh, and yes, about that "sting" - want to see the government do something about "crime"? Commit that "crime" against them. You will never see them enforce with such zeal.
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When I was looking for a job fresh out of school, I looked in various states. Oregon (where I was) had no sales tax, but 8% income tax (with an extra 1% for Multnomah County/Portland). As you pointed out, across the Columbia River in Vancouver, people had no state income tax, but sales tax of about 9%. States like TX and FL (also looked for jobs there), had no income tax, but high sales tax. Massachusetts had 5% sales tax and 5% income tax. Cross the border to NH with no sales tax, and you had high income tax. No matter where I looked, most states had about 10% of combined tax, income + sales.
But here in Kalifornia, we have about 9-13% state income tax, and almost 10% sales tax, too.
To the OP: the annual property tax for my 930 used to be about $110 for years and years. It went up to about $230 last year IIRC.