Tennessee Sales Tax Rate Is Highest In U.S.

WSMV Nashville, TN. ^ | 10/25/2009 | WSMV

[iowamark]

http://www.zip2tax.com/?s=google
“STATES WITH NO SALES TAX: Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire, Oregon.”

[Coxstar]

www.fairtax.org

Arguably a great alternative to the current nationwide income tax burden we face.

[Coldwater Creek]

Yes we do. State tax only on certain dividends. I pay 9.75 in sales tax in my town.

[Coldwater Creek]

But no tax on food is there?

[Coldwater Creek]

That tax rate wouldn’t apply in Memphis, It is much higher here.

[iowamark]

This is, I think, very interesting.

Many people assume that socialism/out of control government is just an East coast/West coast problem. The fact that a moderate state like Tennessee(McCain over Obama 57-42%) has the highest sales taxes shows that that is not the case.

[nascarnation]

Here in Indiana we pay 7% sales tax
3.4% flat rate income tax
and I pay approx $4000 prop tax on a $275,000 home.

Tenn sounds pretty good to me.

[Coldwater Creek]

Tn is really a conservative state, and our tax responsibilities are really much lower than most other states. Even our Dem governor is pretty much a fiscal conservative,

[slorunner]

YES BUT IN MOST AREAS THEY ARE VERY LOW, LIKE WELL UNDER 1 %.

[SharpRightTurn]

The sales tax is the fairest tax, where every one shares the burden.

Tennessee does not have an income tax. Property taxes in Tennessee are set by the counties and cities but are moderate compared to much of the country.

If you were to look at the overall effective tax rate of all state taxes (income,property, and sales), I think Tennessee taxpayers fare relatively well compared to most other states.

[Koblenz]

Do people in Memphis do a lot of shopping over the border (since Memphis is in the southwest corner of the state?). Are there big shopping centers right over the border?

[cmsgop]

"Owns, Owns"

[Past Your Eyes]

"Buy a meal at a restaurant or stay in a motel there and you’ll really get the sticker shock."

Tell me about it! Next time we visit Chattanooga (which is a great place to visit, incidentally) I'll be sure to take my lodging in Georgia and they can take their 17.25% and put it where the sun don't shine. I don't know what Georgia's tax is but it must be less than that.

[Past Your Eyes]

Here in NH, we have neither a general sales nor an income tax and my property tax on a 3 br ranch and 7 acres was well under $2K. Of course that will probably change before long since the damn Democrats have been in charge for the last 3 years.

[khnyny]

The good part about a sales tax is that everyone has to pay it - even those in the underground economy (illegals, black market, etc.)

[netmilsmom]

I want to move there.

[meyer]

I moved from Ohio to Tennessee a year and a half ago. No more income tax, state or local. My property tax went from $4600 a year to $1500 a year. Sales tax went from 6.5% (one of the lowest sales tax counties in Ohio) to 9.25%. Net savings: around $5000 by moving out of Ohio.

Yeah, the sales tax is too high, but I'm still way ahead of what I was paying up north among the yankees.

Oh, and if I had lived in Cuyahoga county in Ohio, my sales tax rate would have been 7.75%. On top of income tax at the state an local level and confiscatory property taxes.

[Figment]

Does TN have property taxes?

Yes. County property tax. The sales tax is my choice because even the drug dealers and ilegles pay it.

[Windcatcher]

If it was my choice, I’d rather have a sales tax than a property tax. Property taxes are just evil.

[ncalburt]

This same PRESS RELEASE is reprinted by the Leftist media trying every single year in TN !
Does the Dem party media every SHUT UP !!!!!!