Text Exchange With Lucas

[LuFins Dad]

This was after we finished his taxes tonight. He went to the Student Union and he found another County Property Tax bill for his car…

[Jolly]

Would a change in place of domicile help his tax bill?

[jon-nyc]

Because Republicans think the roads build themselves?

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Text Exchange With Lucas:

Because Republicans think the roads build themselves?

In Chicago, someone's gotta not fill the potholes, man.

[89th]

Here's a list of states (sorry table formatting is lost, but you can still read.

It shows, rank (many tied for 1st because of no car property tax), state, effective tax rate, and Annual Taxes on $26K Car

1 Hawaii 0.00% $0
1 District of Columbia 0.00% $0
1 Delaware 0.00% $0
1 Utah 0.00% $0
1 Idaho 0.00% $0
1 Tennessee 0.00% $0
1 New Mexico 0.00% $0
1 Florida 0.00% $0
1 Oklahoma 0.00% $0
1 Georgia 0.00% $0
1 Oregon 0.00% $0
1 Washington 0.00% $0
1 North Dakota 0.00% $0
1 Maryland 0.00% $0
1 Alaska 0.00% $0
1 South Dakota 0.00% $0
1 Ohio 0.00% $0
1 Pennsylvania 0.00% $0
1 Rhode Island 0.00% $0
1 New York 0.00% $0
1 Wisconsin 0.00% $0
1 Texas 0.00% $0
1 Vermont 0.00% $0
1 Illinois 0.00% $0
1 New Jersey 0.00% $0
26 Louisiana 0.10% $26
27 Michigan 0.61% $160
28 California 0.65% $170
29 Alabama 0.69% $181
30 Iowa 1.00% $262
31 Arkansas 1.02% $267
32 North Carolina 1.20% $314
32 Montana 1.20% $316
34 Minnesota 1.29% $337
35 Indiana 1.33% $350
36 Kentucky 1.45% $379
37 Nebraska 1.46% $384
38 West Virginia 1.68% $440
38 Arizona 1.68% $440
40 Colorado 1.79% $468
41 Wyoming 1.80% $472
41 New Hampshire 1.80% $472
43 Nevada 1.86% $487
44 Kansas 1.91% $500
45 Connecticut 2.12% $555
46 Massachusetts 2.25% $590
47 Maine 2.40% $629
48 South Carolina 2.63% $690
48 Missouri 2.63% $690
50 Mississippi 3.50% $917
51 Virginia 3.96% $1,039

[89th]

@jon-nyc said in Text Exchange With Lucas:

Because Republicans think the roads build themselves?

You'd think that's what a gas tax would be used for. Or income taxes.

Also, and slightly serious... if you have been to northern virginia lately, it seems nearly every road is a private/toll road anyway. The famous Beltway? Half of it is a variable toll road where the money goes to some Klaus or some German firm. Something like that.

[jon-nyc]

Yeah but perhaps misleading a car registration fee and a car property tax are pretty much the same thing.

IN had a large one, IIRC.

[Mik]

There's no free lunch. Indiana, Ky and NC are all three expensive in that respect, but I suspect there are breaks elsewhere. Maybe a lower income tax. You really have to look at the whole picture.

[George K]

Here in Illinois, I pay $167 for the license plate and another $90 to my town for the privilege of owning the car.

[jon-nyc]

@George-K The roads are free for you too?

In most states you pay registration fees and fuel tax to cover the non-federal portion of road funding.

[LuFins Dad]

1. This is his Loudoun county property tax, not his car registration or gasoline tax. This doesn’t go to fix the roads. It’s 4.15% of their estimate of the value of your car. They are actually underestimating Luke’s car, but apparently think a Honda Pilot is a Bentley.

2. He doesn’t mind paying taxes (but he did mind filling them out last night, he kept yelling why the hell do they need that information). And when he found out that since he’s a student making under $16,000, he’s basically getting everything back anyway, he was a little ticked. “I’m getting the same things everybody else gets so why do they pay and I don’t?” And “if they are just giving it all back, why are they taking it out to begin with, that’s dumb…”

3. It was a frigging joke, guys.

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in Text Exchange With Lucas:

This was after we finished his taxes tonight. He went to the Student Union and he found another County Property Tax bill for his car…

Maryland's bluer and doesn't have a car tax. I think what you meant was, "welcome to Virginia."

[LuFins Dad]

@Aqua-Letifer said in Text Exchange With Lucas:

@LuFins-Dad said in Text Exchange With Lucas:

This was after we finished his taxes tonight. He went to the Student Union and he found another County Property Tax bill for his car…

Maryland's bluer and doesn't have a car tax. I think what you meant was, "welcome to Virginia."

No, Maryland just has a higher sales tax and property tax. Income tax is the same, but on average somebody living in Gaithersburg pays $1K more in state and local taxes than somebody living in Sterling, VA…

[Aqua Letifer]

@LuFins-Dad said in Text Exchange With Lucas:

@Aqua-Letifer said in Text Exchange With Lucas:

@LuFins-Dad said in Text Exchange With Lucas:

This was after we finished his taxes tonight. He went to the Student Union and he found another County Property Tax bill for his car…

Maryland's bluer and doesn't have a car tax. I think what you meant was, "welcome to Virginia."

No, Maryland just has a higher sales tax and property tax. Income tax is the same, but on average somebody living in Gaithersburg pays $1K more in state and local taxes than somebody living in Sterling, VA…

Still no car tax.