state income tax?

memo

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is there a website that lists what the state income tax percentages are? looking for IL personally, tried googling and found 9.7% but that seemed a bit high. That same page also had texas' state tax to be about 12% but i've heard that texas has no income tax. If this assumption is wrong please let me know. any help? :)
 

rh71

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not sure about just state tax, but federal in addition combines for 27% off every paycheck for NY...
 

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Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.
 

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Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

yeah the only drawback is you have to actually live there..


 

memo

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Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks. This editorial brought to you by Texas hates Virginia.

Fixed :)
 

miri

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Alaska, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington State and Wyoming have no state income tax. New Hampshire doesnt even have sales tax.
 

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Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

WTF? Texas does have toll roads.
 

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Originally posted by: TheBDB
Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

WTF? Texas does have toll roads.

And IL has resonable tuition rates too.
 

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Originally posted by: z0mb13
Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

yeah the only drawback is you have to actually live there..

Texas is great, I plan on moving back after I finish school.
 

TheBDB

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Originally posted by: miri
Originally posted by: z0mb13
Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

yeah the only drawback is you have to actually live there..

Texas is great, I plan on moving back after I finish school.

Correction. Austin is great, Texas sucks. :D
 

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Originally posted by: TheBDB
Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

WTF? Texas does have toll roads.

Really? I lived there for 14 years and never encountered a toll road. I have to pay 3 bucks a day in Virginia for tolls.
 

Linflas

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Originally posted by: memo

same page i got to, but im not sure why texas would be 8.7% and 26.8% if they dont have any state tax.

They have to get money to provide essential state services from someplace. If it is not income tax then it is real estate taxes, sales taxes, or some other type of taxes. You would be amazed at just how much all those little taxes hidden in things like cable bills, phone bills, home sale closings etc add up to each year.
 

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Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

Texas may not have an income tax or a car tax, but we will soon have about a 10% sales tax and more toll roads(parallel to current major highways). Right now there are toll roads in Dallas. As for tutition both UT and A&M have gone up 29% in the past couple years.
 

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Originally posted by: miri
Originally posted by: TheBDB
Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

WTF? Texas does have toll roads.

Really? I lived there for 14 years and never encountered a toll road. I have to pay 3 bucks a day in Virginia for tolls.

I know they have them in Dallas and Houston.
 

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Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: memo

same page i got to, but im not sure why texas would be 8.7% and 26.8% if they dont have any state tax.

They have to get money to provide essential state services from someplace. If it is not income tax then it is real estate taxes, sales taxes, or some other type of taxes. You would be amazed at just how much all those little taxes hidden in things like cable bills, phone bills, home sale closings etc add up to each year.

A lot of the states that have no state income tax make that up in tourism ala Texas, Florida, Nevada. Some of the states that have no state income tax are states of wealthy people like New Hampshire that has little need for social services and therefore does not need the tax income of poorer states.
 

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Originally posted by: miri
Originally posted by: TheBDB
Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

WTF? Texas does have toll roads.

Really? I lived there for 14 years and never encountered a toll road. I have to pay 3 bucks a day in Virginia for tolls.

shouldn't have picked to go all the way to virginia tech. (this is just a guess)
 

miri

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Originally posted by: TheBDB
Originally posted by: miri
Originally posted by: TheBDB
Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

WTF? Texas does have toll roads.

Really? I lived there for 14 years and never encountered a toll road. I have to pay 3 bucks a day in Virginia for tolls.

I know they have them in Dallas and Houston.

Ok, sorry I am familiar with the Austin area. I had been to Dallas and Houston many times but was to young to notice any tolls.
 

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Originally posted by: memo

same page i got to, but im not sure why texas would be 8.7% and 26.8% if they dont have any state tax.

Uh 8.7% for state and local taxes is because our sales tax is 8.25%(state and local combined), and most places have a property taxes of 1.5%.

26.8% because thats federal + state/local.

That website lists the avg tax burden, not the state income tax.
 

Linflas

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Originally posted by: miri
Originally posted by: TheBDB
Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

WTF? Texas does have toll roads.

Really? I lived there for 14 years and never encountered a toll road. I have to pay 3 bucks a day in Virginia for tolls.

I live in Northern Virginia and we have exactly 1 toll road going from the Beltway west to Leesburg. The only reason that is a toll road is because the pre-existing limited access road going to Dulles Airport was not allowed to be used for anything other than airport traffic. As for street lights I don't know where you live but we have more than I really desire out where I live.
 

digitalsm

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Originally posted by: miri
Originally posted by: TheBDB
Originally posted by: miri
Originally posted by: TheBDB
Originally posted by: miri
Texas has no state income tax. Texas also has no yearly car tax. Texas also does not tax grocery foods. Texas has no tolls on roads. Texas also has reasonable college tuition rates. Texas also has street lights on most their roads. Texas rocks. Virginia has all the aforementioned taxes and higher tuition rates and most roads have no streelights, Virginia sucks.

WTF? Texas does have toll roads.

Really? I lived there for 14 years and never encountered a toll road. I have to pay 3 bucks a day in Virginia for tolls.

I know they have them in Dallas and Houston.

Ok, sorry I am familiar with the Austin area. I had been to Dallas and Houston many times but was to young to notice any tolls.

Theres only a handfull of toll roads in the state at the moment. But the state proposed transportation plan would have toll roads parallel to the major highways.
 

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Originally posted by: miri

Ok, sorry I am familiar with the Austin area. I had been to Dallas and Houston many times but was to young to notice any tolls.
houston has beltway 8, which is mostly toll (except for the part between 45 and 59 since that feeds IAH). also have the hardy (roughly parallel to 45 north) and the westpark (runs straight west from where 59 bends southwest; it's also the first all ez-tag toll road in the US). there is also a toll road in ft bend county from beltway 8 out to highway 6 somewhere. and, when the katy freeway gets rebuilt, some of the 'managed use' lanes in the middle will be ez-tag only toll.