It's not that easy nowadays though. It used to be but so many charge now-at least for me they do.Another reason to find online retailers that don't charge sales tax.
But TN doesn't have a state payroll tax and Illinois does.
It's not that easy nowadays though. It used to be but so many charge now-at least for me they do.
Yes we are 12%, 7% Provincial (PST) 5% Federal (GST). Groceries for the most part are tax free, kids clothing/shoes, school supplies is usually only GST not PST. PST on Hotels is 8% not 7% for some reason.
The thread is about sales taxes.
Amazon has been charging sales tax for years now in my state.Many of the 3rd party retailers on Amazon didn't charge Washington State sales tax until recently. Now I am using smaller online retailers. Many still don't charge sales tax. I usually wait to make big purchases like flat panel TVs and laptops when I visit my daughter at college in Oregon. No sales tax there. The Tigard Costco is a quick detour off of I-5.
Be glad you don't live in 'Crook' County. The property taxes make the sales taxes seem fair in comparison. That's why people who do not have high paying jobs here are leaving in droves, but there's no fix in sight.
Actually, it was about IL sales taxes.
For all the talk from shock radio jocks about Chicago, I think you'll find that several midstate cities are shrinking faster than Chicago, which doesn't make the national top 25 shrinking list.
1. Pine Bluff, Ark.
2. Johnstown, Pa
3. Charleston, WV
4. Sierra Vista/Douglas AZ
5. Beckley, WV
6. Weirton Steubenville WV/OH
7. Danville, IL That is in between Urbana and Indianapolis on I-74
8. Wheeling WV/OH
9 Decatur, IL. A bit East of Springfield on I-74
10. Cumberland, WV/MD
11. Flint, MI.
12. Youngstown-Warren Boardman OH/PA
13. Saginaw, MI.
14. Albany, GA
15 Elmira, NY
16 Pittsfield, MA
17 Ocean City, NJ
18. Rocky Mount, NC
19. Binghampton, NY
20. Kankakee, IL. Another Farmbelt town on I-57 about an hour south of Chicagon.
21. Lawton, OK
22. Bay city, MI
23 Anniston, Oxford, Jacksonville, AL
24 Rockford, IL About an hour and 30 minutes west, north west or so of Chicago.
25. Lima, OH.
And as a government employee in Cook county, I am glad. The real question, without placing blame on any one political party or another, is where is all that money going? It seems no matter how high taxes get, it's never enough. The 10% sales tax was taken away, then brought back and added onto. Income tax went down, then back up again. Property taxes never went anywhere.
Chicago has Lake Michigan. That will always make it a popular location, but I am curious to see how things will pan out in 20, 30, or even 40 years.
And, having grown up in downstate Illinois, I am not at all surprised that Danville, Decatur, and Kankakee are on that list. Those towns unfortunately are essentially Flint, just a little more south.
I think you'll find a lot in common on that top 25.
Coal. Manufacturing jobs lost. Farm belt in distress.
And I made a genuine comparison for illustrations sake. You tried to change the subject completely.
I was actually trying to add context that while Cook County residents pay sales tax on top of other state taxes, TN doesn't have that additional tax so Cook County residents are taxed at a far higher rate. I didn't realize that we had to have conversations in a bubble but I'll do that from now on.
By the way, the sales tax in Chicago is high, but not insanely so. The city is really awesome to visit, though. Don't take what I am saying as straight trashing of the area. I love living around here. It's just odd that there is so much money being taken without much explanation of where it is being used.
PA is 6% but not on groceries or clothing. There are a few oddities, but we make up for it with our real estate taxes.