Taxes on the road
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Lostinspace
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If you work in another state than your residence you will probably have taxes to deal with in that state. When I thought I would be going TDY up to New Jersey as a 1099 contract worker I found out I would be paying New Jersey taxes on money made in that state. I think New York is the same.<br><br>I'm from Florida I'm not used to paying income taxes to the state. In some cases I think the reverse is true in some states. For instance if you reside in Alabama but work in Florida you pay income taxes to Alabama on wages made in Florida.<br><br>Choose you residence state that doesn't have an income tax. At least that will help a little. Check out the archives on states of no income tax.<br><br>Florida does not charge a sales tax on groceries or drugs either. They do charge a sales tax on ready to eat food though like a hamburger joint. Florida Sales tax is some of the lowest in 48 too. Total state and county/city tax in Chipley, a small town near me, is just 7%. Yet if I go 30 miles north to Dothan, sales tax is either 9% or 10%. I do buy gas up there though as it's 15 to 20 cents cheaper (lower state gas tax than Florida). For instance I bought <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Non</span> ethanol gas yesterday for $3.38 a gallon in Dothan. I try to run the non ethanol gas as much as possible, better for your fuel system and better gas mileage. My little Yamaha XT225 went from 72-74 mpg to 80 mpg when I switched to non-ethanol gas.<br><br>This is all I have on tax matters in my personal experience.<br><br>Hope this is helpful.
Lostinspace
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Yep, Born and raised in Montgomery. Moved to Florida in '78 and never looked back. I feel your pain. Lived until 10 years ago in central Florida on the coast.
It is nice to live close enough, 8 miles to the state line, that I can take advantage of either location. You have much cheaper property taxes though. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">
It is nice to live close enough, 8 miles to the state line, that I can take advantage of either location. You have much cheaper property taxes though. <img src="/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">
That's cool! I've lived in and around Birmingham my whole life except for one year in Gulf Shores. If I can pull this off I'm planning on spending my winters around Florida. I don't like the cold. But I wanna see the places farther North in Spring and Summer. And Some in fall haha
Lostinspace
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I forgot to mention one other advantage Florida has for residency; no vehicle inspections. Of course if you are stopped and have a cracked windshield you will be ticketed.<br><br>Back in the late 70's Florida had a yearly inspection, but it was only for safety; exhaust system, headlight alignment, brake/turnsignals. There was some sort of class action suite and inspections were done away with. Seems to have worked out alright. I have never heard or read about a vehicle accident due to bad safety equipment. And Florida has no air quality problems so the inspections for environmental equipment never got started.<br><br>Oh heads up for states with inspections; I would bet that before long they will be adding tire dates to the inspections. I've already heard that some tire stores will not work on tires that are older than 7-10 years. And as an old tire is a safety issue I bet it will be added to inspections. The safety issue is the tire can be beautiful on the outside but will fail from the inside, just like radiator hoses. The tires are not usually a problem on vans/cars/SUVs as they get driven enough the tires are usually worn out before they age out. But for trailers and RVs that don't get driven a lot, tires can be on the vehicle a long time.
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