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Posted by Barry Branscum (Member # 445) on :

Man!!! I knew things were gonna be different this year.....

but our county raised the sales tax rate to a whopping 8.125% in order to fund a new hospital.....and they haven't even yet found where they are gonna put it.

What is your sales tax rate where you are?

It's gotta be better than this!!

Barry

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Posted by cheryl nordby (Member # 1100) on :

Yo Barry.......8.6 here in the Seattle area.

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Posted by Steve Barba (Member # 431) on :

.6% here. And then I get- ALL THE TIME, "do you need the tax?" No- I'll just pay it for you- A%$#*H*LE! sorry....just heard that again bout an hour ago.

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Posted by Jerry Mathel (Member # 526) on :

I feel almost embarrassed to say this, but Oregon does not have a sales tax. We have about the highest personal income tax of any state however.

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Posted by David Fisher (Member # 107) on :

10% GST for most things here, under the old tax system sales tax varied from 0 up to (i believe) 20%.
David

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Posted by Barry Chochinov (Member # 1902) on :

I guess I'm here to make you all feel better about your burden because our sales tax in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada is 7%provincial sales tax (pst) and 7% Goods and services tax
(gst) for a combined 17% - add that to the current value of our dollar which is less than half that of the U.S. dollar!
Now how do you feel?

Barry

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Posted by Pierre St.Marie (Member # 1462) on :

Zero!

:^)

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Posted by Wayne Webb (Member # 1124) on :

7% here

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Posted by Mike Languein (Member # 319) on :

I'd have a heck of a time in Canada, what with the cold, frozen tundra and a mathematics system where 7 + 7 = 17.

8.25 in L.A., but other counties vary. 7.75 in some.

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Posted by Kathy Joiner (Member # 1814) on :

Lucky 7 here.

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Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :

Barry C..As Mike L mentioned 7+7 is only 14

Here in Ontario it is 8% provincial tax plus 7% federal GST tax. That makes out purchases cost 15% extra.

Also Barry C.... The last ime I looked our dollar is worth around 66% of the U.S. dollar..not "less than 50%" AND that is GREAT if you can get some U.S. customers!

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Posted by Tony McDonald (Member # 1158) on :

7.225 here in Missouri

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Posted by captain ken (Member # 742) on :

My state is known as Taxachusetts with a n income tax up around 18% and a sales tax of 5% add in property taxes and exsise taxes. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaak!!!
And to think New Hampshire is a few minutes away and has a slogan " live free or die" they don't have hardly any taxes. People started moving up there and working down here. Mass makes you pay taxes here. Insurance and liscense are cheaper up there too.

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Posted by goddinfla (Member # 1502) on :

6.75 here in Tampa. half cent going for Raymond James Stadium, home of the recent Super Bowl. No state income tax.

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Posted by Amy Brown (Member # 1963) on :

6% in Lake Helen, FL

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Posted by Dave Sherby (Member # 698) on :

Well here in Michigan its 6%. Not too long ago we were at 4%. Lawmakers wanted more money for schools. They did a nice job duping the general population into beliving that a 2% hike in sales tax and a property tax reduction would save us money as all the tourists would be helping fund education. It doesn't take a math whiz to figure that the lousy $200 my property tax was reduced would be more than made up by the 2% sales tax increase. Buy only $5000 worth of goods in a year and its break even. Buy a vehicle we're really in the hole.

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Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :

Hehe.. I love this number, only cause it seems so random...

7.253%

This is Arizona's 5% tax plus Lake Havasu City AND Mohave County's taxes.. THey're nice enough to put it all on one form and let ya pay one organization, then they divide it up accordingly.

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Posted by Mark Fair Signs (Member # 289) on :

8% here in Alabama.
the break down is...
taxable gross sales...
x.04 state
x.015 county
x.025 city

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Posted by Donna in BC (Member # 130) on :

7% pst
7% gst

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Posted by Kevin Landry (Member # 1352) on :

Everything except for enough to shop at the flea markets and eat Kraft dinner. That is 15% HST and an income tax rate that keeps rising. In fact, it is bloody embarassing.

Kevin Landry
K&L Signs and Imaging
Halifax NS

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Posted by Kelli (Member # 248) on :

6.5% in Miami and no state income tax,just another good reason to live in the Sunshine State

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Posted by Suelynn Sedor (Member # 442) on :

7%GST & 6% PST in Saskatchewan, Canada

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Posted by Diane Crowther (Member # 120) on :

7+7 can equal 15 (almost) if one tax is charged on top of the other, as is often the case with Provincial tax charged on top of GST. If the item is 1.00 it becomes 1.15 after tax (and rounding up 1.145).

Our sales tax is 15%...definitely high enough to feel it at the cash register!

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Posted by Rick Cooper (Member # 375) on :

7.25% here in Nevada. HEY! I thought the gambling industry was supposed to pay for everything- to make up for the crime, alcholoism and general all around sin!

We don't have a personal income tax or corporate tax though. But we do have lots of other fees, permits and taxes that I suspect make up for it.

Do you have "use tax"? If I buy a router or a computer, etc. out of state I have to pay Nevada sales tax on it! It's to punish me for not buying from a fellow Nevada businessman. Fine, but it doesn't matter if the product isn't even available in Nevada! I don't think the state cares so much about us businessmen as it does about tax revenue.

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Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :

State 4%
Parish 3.5%
Total 7.5%

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Posted by stein Saether (Member # 430) on :

In the sixties we had 9 %sales tax
It was changed to 12 % Added Value Tax.
That means that instead of a 9 % tax the last seller schould add on the final consumer`s bill, we got a VAT system were all sellers adds 12% BUT the next one handling the goods are allowed to withdraw this from the 12 % tax he chashes in on behalf of the sTATE.Final customer not running a biz must pay it all but cant withdraw anything. So it taxes the Added Value We put in to what we sell.
State got them self a costly taxation system, BUT the biznizzes is paying the cost( bookkeeping,etc) so for the state is very profitable.

By the way it first changed to 15%,
then to 18 then to 20 then to 23
and now it is 24 % ;(

SteinS

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GullSkilt AS
Trondheim

[This message has been edited by SteinS (edited March 14, 2001).]

Posted by Adrienne Pereira (Member # 1046) on :

Benicia, I believe is 7.375%

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Posted by Deb Fowler (Member # 1039) on :

When it was 5. something, the issue of a state lottery was up on the ballot. They
PROMISED a great deal of the money would go to schools. That was about 12 years ago.
In my town it is 6.25% now and our schools are on the "watch" list; some of the lowest test scores in the country.
It's seven mill tonight, and what will our schools get of just one week's worth? Maybe 10 cents! 6.25% in parts of Ohio.

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Posted by Debbie Delzell on :

Sales Tax is 5.75% here.

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Columbus, Ohio

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