How do places get by with no income/sales tax?

[Syringer]

Where does money come from for things that are traditionally state and city funded?

 

[tm37]

Property Tax

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

They still are funded by the state. In NH, property taxes and user fees are high. Now the total tax burden is lower than average, perhaps the lowest state tax burden, but they have a more efficient bureaucracy than most states, and as I said still take in money

 

[glugglug]

Driving tax (excessive numbers of tickets written), particularly popular in areas where most of the people are tourists, not actual residents.

Example: FL has no income tax, no property tax, and sales tax varies a lot from county to county.

Cigarette/beer/gasoline tax is also a big factor.

 

[Eli]

/me loves living in Oregon.

We have income tax though...

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Where does money come from for things that are traditionally state and city funded?

I have often wondered the same thing, mostly about Florida.
There is no State Income Tax and the Property Taxes are much lower than here in NY where I live. Their Sales Tax is also less than what I am paying here.

 

[glenn1]

No sales tax here in Delaware, and property/income taxes are pretty low (at least in comparison to some of our neighbors, like New Jersey). A lot of it comes down to population mix and not wasting money on stupid sh!t. We'd probably have sky-high taxes too if we had to throw money into a bottomless sh!thole that are metropolii like NYC or Philadelphia.

 

[ElFenix]

all i know is that california property tax system is screwed up!

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Syringer
Where does money come from for things that are traditionally state and city funded?

I have often wondered the same thing, mostly about Florida.
There is no State Income Tax and the Property Taxes are much lower than here in NY where I live. Their Sales Tax is also less than what I am paying here.

There is no property tax either.

The primary sources of revenue really are driving tax (tickets) and gasoline/tobacco/alchohol. Even with alchohol being illegal in most counties.

The gas tax adds up quickly when most residents have SUVs and some people are really anal about not having any stores near them because they want their neighborhood "quiet". The Kash n' Karry I worked at in high school was the world's busiest because there is no grocery store north of it for over 10 miles since those in Lutz don't want the noise one would add. Having lots of dry counties also means people drive a long way to buy their beer.

 

Tourism also helps (like in Fla.).

 

[Mill]

Originally posted by: glugglug

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Syringer
Where does money come from for things that are traditionally state and city funded?

I have often wondered the same thing, mostly about Florida.
There is no State Income Tax and the Property Taxes are much lower than here in NY where I live. Their Sales Tax is also less than what I am paying here.

There is no property tax either.

The primary sources of revenue really are driving tax (tickets) and gasoline/tobacco/alchohol. Even with alchohol being illegal in most counties.

The gas tax adds up quickly when most residents have SUVs and some people are really anal about not having any stores near them because they want their neighborhood "quiet". The Kash n' Karry I worked at in high school was the world's busiest because there is no grocery store north of it for over 10 miles since those in Lutz don't want the noise one would add.

Yes, there is a property tax. They also have a state sales tax and an intangibles tax. Link.