Posted on 10/11/2004 12:36:11 PM PDT by ijcr
Senator Nelson D-Fl stated that State Sales in the six States that do not have State income taxes will be deductible in 2004 and 2005.
This is hugh.
Oh good... let's make our taxation much, much more difficult for us to manage.
/sarcasm
This Texan is happy.
I lived in Calif for 18 years and remember taking sales tax on our Federal Income Tax return. I was completely floored to learn that we couldn't take them when we moved to Washington State. I couldn't understand how it could be alright to claim them on a FEDERAL TAX FORM if living in one state and not if living in another state.
See my #79. I don't disagree.
Yup! I love NY. NOT!
I agree with you. I live in NYS. Our sales tax in our county is enormously high--8 and 1/4%
Forget this. Repeal the Federal Income tax!!!
Well, NY has some redeeming qualities. Can't think of any right now, but I'm sure there are some :-) Seriously, though - if the rest of the state could get rid of NYC they'd be much better off. NYC is a giant tax-sucking pig of a city.
Yes!
And are you supposed to report those purchases to pay Use Tax on them, like we have to do in PA? Note that there's no tax on clothing here, though. And how about Delaware... on their official "Welcome to Delaware" signs, even before you get the "First State to Ratify the Constitution," you get
"HOME OF TAX-FREE SHOPPING!"
Having recently moved out of Delaware, I find it so hard to believe Delaware is in the lowest tax burden category.
My income and property taxes are far lower in Virginia than they were in Delaware.
Granted, there is no "sales tax" at the register in Delaware, but anyone fooled by the idea there is no sales tax in Delaware is in dreamland. It is called a gross receipts tax and is imposed on every single business in the state from the smallest sole proprietorship service business to the largest manufacturer or chain store in the state.
At the very least, repeal the payroll deduction. The schlubbs will finally realize how high their taxes are when they have to write a check to the government every month.
Of course, none of use have been tracking our sales taxes for 2004...
Yes - the public schools are a disgrace and each party keeps bragging about what they have done for education -
Education is but one of the farces put out to the people -
On the no federal taxes - correct but the people were told it was needed - I mean the common talk was - how else would you get all these programs that protect and serve us -
And the government took it from there -
I'd really like to see how much of the American tax money goes to other nations - or to the IMF fund -
The years have taken a toll -
just my thoughts - take care now
....States that do not have State income taxes will be deductible...
Alas, no relief for California residents.
I couldn't agree more. There are pockets of that here in Buffalo too. The city is a liberal bastion, the suburbs are more "conservative" as far as that goes in this neck of the woods. That is how Jack Quinn a repub. got elected to congress. He was a RINO, but hey he was in the Repub caucus and voted right most of the time. Still, not easy to elect a repub. here. Hell, one district in the city voted, and I'm not kidding here, 10,000 to 300 something for Hillary!! You get the idea.
Same thing with the gasoline tax.
But I repeat: My memory is hazy on the whole thing. Maybe it was for everybody, itemize or not. Anyone recall for sure????
I have no clue. I have never heard of a tax like that here in Tenn. Our Children live in Virgina and are in the Military. They keep Tennessee as their legal residence so that they do not have to pay state and other weird taxes that Virgina have. They do not have to pay anything to Tenn.
That's not so. Taxpayers are treated unequally all across the tax code.
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