Sales taxes Northern US/ Canada

[Beaver]

Hi,
I'm back again 
A happy and peacefull new year to everyone I haven't seen this year

Can anyone tell me in what state of the US the sales taxes are the lowest? I know that they are lower in all states than in Canada 



Thank you


Beaver

[scottishmoney]

Sales Tax Rates In The USA

There is some variation, some states like California also have localised sales tax, so I know in the SF Bay Area the tax rate is 8.25% so they can pay for the mass transit system that hardly anyone dares use(and a guy got shot to death on a few weeks ago).

[Beaver]

0.4 cents? or what does that mean?

I guess California is that wrong state for me  I need a state in the north, not too hot 
I don't like burning forests eighter 


Thanks

Beaver

[Pocketcoins]

Kentucky gets 6% on everything thats non-food. Food is 0%. We do have state income tax. 

[TwoShadows]

Indiana is the land of taxes. We pay Federal taxes (don't we all), state taxes, county taxes, sometimes restaurant taxes to build things that make the rich richer (stadiums), road wheel taxes which add to the cost of license plates (outrageous plate fees. New car will run you hundreds of dollars per year), sales taxes are at 7% now. Don't want to forget the hidden taxes on alcohol (beer tax), sporting goods taxes and gas taxes which are through the roof per gallon. Yep, you got to love it here!!!

[Paint Your Wagon]

You have way to go
Try this
52% Tax on Salary
8% Tax on the tax cause you live in a city
50 Euro for province and 150 euro for waste and 200 euro for tapwater
Then 6% foodtax and 18% nonfood tax also on silver cause that is a consumable 
Then 66 Euro solidarity for being state health insured
1000 euro for hospitalisation insurance
22% for asking your pension fund when getting it
15% on receiving state pension month after month
10$ gazoline
700% mark up on clothing etc
And after all that is seems Belgians are still able to save like 15% a year ?

[Goose]

P Y W, and you can STILL afford cigars? Good Grief!! Well, I guess gold and silver is really all that matters. In 2008 my total income was X, and my taxes were 45.7%.........but, you ain't seen nuttin' yet with the U S's new administration coming in....tax-tax, spend-spend, tax-tax, and tax some more.

[Nighthawk]

Couldn't have said it better myself, Goose! Michigan sales tax is 6%. And property taxes, well, we won't even go there! 

[Yass]

I bought a $350K house as an investment.  I had to pay $11.5K in stamp duty, $1K in solicitor/conveyancing.  The Australian Capital Territory government charges me over $1k for Rates (services) and exactly the same again in Land Tax because I rent the property.

But where there is a will there is a way 

I rent the property to my son (at the lowest end of the rental scale) and I negative gear (claim the interest) the loan as a tax deduction.  The banks wouldn't lend him the money to buy the house himself due to current (modest) financial commitments, his age (23) and no deposit.  So I bought it (using equity in my existing property). He pays the rent. I give it back. He pays the interest.  The house is basically his, but it is in my name.  The way I fugure it is if he improves the property over the next few years, we sell it, pay off the mortgage and any capital gains, and he keeps the difference. It's not an entirely satisfactory solution, but he would be paying rent of $350+ for something he would never own.

On the issue of sales taxes, we pay a General Services Tax (GST) of 10% on everything except food (restaurants and fast food excepted).

My medical costs $125 a month and that is simply for basic health cover with a $500 excess.

Then there is car registration (say) $300, comprehensive insurance (age dependant, value dependant and excess dependant) of anything from $500 onwards, and a 'Green Slip' (covering injuries, et al).  A car will cost at least $1000 per year.

Anyone rember the days when you'd get a bill and they were in the 10s of Dollars?  Nowadays they are the $100s of Dollars and they simply keep coming week after week and you seem to get SFA for your money.

Someone please kick the soapbox from under me LOL

[Topher]

Delaware has no state sales tax.

[Pocketcoins]

What about up there where you live Topher hows the tax?

[Paint Your Wagon]

P Y W, and you can STILL afford cigars? Good Grief!! Well, I guess gold and silver is really all that matters. In 2008 my total income was X, and my taxes were 45.7%.........but, you ain't seen nuttin' yet with the U S's new administration coming in....tax-tax, spend-spend, tax-tax, and tax some more.

Oh I forgot a few taxes
When I bought my house I paid like 20% in registration tax including notary tax including bank documentation cost and life insurance for 20 years
I pay like 800 euro per year property tax and another 800 insurance on the property
I pay like 250 euro cartax and a 1000 euro car insurance ( cheapest all in since I drive less then 7000 miles a year now otherwise 2000 euro )
I was in the top 5% income bracket earning as much as a cabinet minister ( starting salary of an engineer today is like 2 500 euro 13.68 times a year )
Double in ten years . Higher management gets a 14 th month and sharing in the gains of a good year . By the time you are 50 you are way too expensive and too old and they replace you with two younger engineers at about half cost for the two .
One lucky break in paradise . When they fire you after 23 years they have to pay 27 months of severance pay and after that you get the dole money which is 37 euro a day .

[TwoShadows]

Seems to me a whole lot of people in the world let a monster loose in their home countries with no idea how they would ever keep it under control, let alone actually tame it.

[longnine009]

You have way to go
Try this
52% Tax on Salary
8% Tax on the tax cause you live in a city
50 Euro for province and 150 euro for waste and 200 euro for tapwater
Then 6% foodtax and 18% nonfood tax also on silver cause that is a consumable 
Then 66 Euro solidarity for being state health insured
1000 euro for hospitalisation insurance
22% for asking your pension fund when getting it
15% on receiving state pension month after month
10$ gazoline
700% mark up on clothing etc
And after all that is seems Belgians are still able to save like 15% a year ?

Do Europeans still believe in gun control? 

[Paint Your Wagon]

Apart from an airrifle everything is outlawed
They even incinerated by accident 200 year old antique riles worht thousands of euro
Stupid fuckers that turned them in got what they deserved from the even more stupid police that burned them
An official appolagy was made on TV for all the good that did 

You still can buy mace in Germany but only strickly for use on animals . Only police is allowed to use mace on people . Those pigs allways get an exception like the bansters

[Topher]

What about up there where you live Topher hows the tax?

8% PST + 5% GST, so it's a bit high on many things, but since my health care is covered, I figure it evens out.  Actually with two kids, I think I'm coming out ahead.  PST isn't on everything either, so for example, books and groceries only have the 5% GST so it's not as bad as it sounds.  Also, things like flourescent lights and Energy Star approved appliances are PST exempt.

[scottishmoney]

Topher, it seems to me when I have been in Ontario that the PST/GST totalled something like 17%, but I have not been there in at least four years(too much hassle with Ukrainian passports) has it changed, or am I mistaken on the amount?

[scottishmoney]

Smells like a Leopold repel the coin thieves!

[Paint Your Wagon]

We got the Fabrique Nationale d'armes de guerre in Herstal
They sell the FAL combat rifle : I used that in the army ; very strong when it blocks you wrap the armstring around the loader mechanism and kick in the loop with your foot and presto it is free on semi automatic again .
During war they distribute the little gizmo that converts it to fully automatic .

They allso got nice pump guns like riot guns and the Browning series
Belgium sells a lot of "small" guns
I wish I had bought that riot fun when I was young but at 750 eurolike in 1970 that was kind of expensive

[scottishmoney]

At least you Belgians are safe from those big bad people killing guns that have minds of their own and are created for the soul purpose of killing innocent people and not protection, or sport etc.   

That off my chest, I will say I love skeet shooting and target practice.  Unfortunately I do not currently have either a rifle or a shotgun though.  Maybe I should get something before the Belgians  ;Dtake over and make these laws here.

[Paint Your Wagon]

In the land of the free and the brave you should get a couple of mini uzzis and those 10 mm Glocks
Take a few riot guns and you are ready for close combat .
Add a serious sniper riffle with nightscope and infrared scope and a few antipersonnel mines
Then think about a few rocketlaunchers antitank type and some body army

Of course the FAL is a very good all purpose weapon

[Nighthawk]

In the land of the free and the brave you should get a couple of mini uzzis and those 10 mm Glocks
Take a few riot guns and you are ready for close combat .
Add a serious sniper riffle with nightscope and infrared scope and a few antipersonnel mines
Then think about a few rocketlaunchers antitank type and some body army

Of course the FAL is a very good all purpose weapon

Better stock up now while the gettin's good! Ain't no tellin' what's gonna happen once our new "leader" takes over on Tuesday. HEIL! 

[Paint Your Wagon]

Herstal is the name of the village where the Liege factory is of FNA .
As far as I know the arms are all made there with the Browning and FAL as best known

[TwoShadows]

I have my sniper rifle (.308) and scope. Still own my H&K .45 cal, (best handgun I have ever owned) along with a few other rifles, shotguns and handguns, I managed to hold onto after my loss of employment in 2005. I did have to part with my Egyptian AK-47, all of my Russian SKS and my heartbreaker, Colt AR-15. For some odd reason I kept my British 303 which was built in 1949 and still new when I got my paws on it. Kicks like a bull but I am fond of it. I have owned one fantastic bunch of weapons, from all over the world, and shot my fair share of ammo! My greatest pleasure has probably come from my custom built Deer Creek "Elk Hunter" designed for big game. It is no longer in production so the value has soared drastically on this one. Very accurate at long range for a muzzleloader and capable of taking down a buffalo with the .54 cal. hollow point, hollow base 425 gr. conical bullet.  I have shot just about everything in my life time but nothing has brought more enjoyment than FINALLY getting into muzzleloading. Changed my whole perception of the early west and the Civil War. No wonder they were such bloody skirmishes! Also have a .44 cal. muzzleloading revolver but have NEVER loaded it! And, a .44 mag. Winchester "Legend" lever action rifle and the box it came in. No need to load it so I am saving it for the little guy? Had it since 1993 (or 95) and it is still brand new! Guess I didn't need it when carrying the .54 cal muzzleloader?   And for what it is worth I have had a personal protection permit (concealed weapon permit) for 20 years and recently acquired a lifetime permit (just became available in 2008) and have NEVER drawn a weapon for any reason other than hunting and target shooting. I am a firm believer in "It's better to have a gun and not need it than to need a gun and not have it!!! Every individual should have the right to defend himself and his family if the need arises. Needless to say, the almost 250,000 concealed carry permits have held muggings and most street crimes down to a minimum here in Indiana. Guess you would be surprised who is carrying a gun here all the time!

[Beaver]

Oh, 4% sounds nice to me 

How's about the income taxes in Canada and the US?




Thanks

[scottishmoney]

The BATF appreciates the inventory...

[Topher]

Topher, it seems to me when I have been in Ontario that the PST/GST totalled something like 17%, but I have not been there in at least four years(too much hassle with Ukrainian passports) has it changed, or am I mistaken on the amount?

It used to be 15% (7% GST + 8% PST), but the current government reduced the GST by 2% (1% per year).  We've been at a 5% GST for about a year now.  You weren't too far off, though.