I'm puzzled

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

The DMV just got me for $260 to renew tags today lol.

It's raining pretty good today, I got my tractor out to work my driveway more and scrape off some mud. I had the great idea of using my grader blade to take the hump out of the drive, long story short it made things really muddy, it's been years since that driveway was worked.

The tractor is sitting happily in the barn now drying off.

 

[murphy1244]

Here in Ohio we pay sales tax on food as well, not sure what it is because I have never paid attention to it, it's always been there.

Let's see here, I'm gonna think of a few taxes lol

If you have a job in Ohio you pay income tax, local, state and federal. We pay a yearly fee for driving on the roads (Stickers for license plates), we pay tax on the fuel to drive, we pay a tax on food (fast food to grocery store), if you own a house you have to pay property taxes, if you buy anything that has a title (boat, rv, quad, house, tractor, motorcycle ext. new or used) you pay sales tax, I'm not sure if utilities are taxed or not, again never paid attention to the bill.

So if you have a job and make money, that money can be hit very hard with taxes by the time it ends up on the principle of whatever your buying, income tax is over 30% plus all the other taxes listed above, if someone were to figure all the taxes in I bet it's close to 50% of what we make. That's as much as many socialist nations pay and I don't even get free healthcare lol.

There is no tax on groceries in ohio. Don't give Kaysuck any ideas. He says taxes were below projections.

 

[MossRoad]

We've got a 7% sales tax in Indiana. Grocery food is tax exempt. Property taxes are low in our county. Our home is less than $600 per year and our vacant 20 acres is around $500 per year. I'm not gonna complain. :laughing:

 

[k0ua]

We've got a 7% sales tax in Indiana. Grocery food is tax exempt. Property taxes are low in our county. Our home is less than $600 per year and our vacant 20 acres is around $500 per year. I'm not gonna complain. :laughing:

It sounds to me like you all are doing pretty good. We have some extra taxes here in Branson that are not statewide.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

There is no tax on groceries in ohio. Don't give Kaysuck any ideas. He says taxes were below projections.

Hopefully he doesn't read tractor forums lmao

Below projections? lol I can see that. My grandma chased around work at GM, she had to move to Mansfield and rent a house so she wasn't forced into retirement, eventually that plant closed and she moved back to Dayton. my second cousin worked for AirBorne in Wilmington before they closed there doors and moved, and the politicians wonder why people are out of work and can't find jobs, when someone works in a factory from the time they were 18 and that's all they know, the transition into another field is not an easy one, we find unqualified but willing workers to fill jobs.

Don't get me started on Detroit, that city should be one of the best cities in our country after all the automotive plants left you can see what that city is left with. It's really a shame, I'm just happy Columbus is a Ag and technology based city and not one mainly dependent on manufacturing.

 

[Jim Shooz]

We are in much the same boat as the Ozzies. We have income tax on salaries/wages and then GST (Goods & Services Tax) at 15% on EVERYTHING (except financial transactions). That all goes into the Consolidated Fund (don'tcha just love that terminology) where it is doled out to schools, hospitals, welfare, police etc. (and my retirement income) Then there is the regional property 'rates' (currently mine is NZ$1300.00) covering local roads, rubbish collection, water, libraries.
If you aren't paying tax you're on the underside of the grass.

 

[MossRoad]

It sounds to me like you all are doing pretty good. We have some extra taxes here in Branson that are not statewide.

We've got some extra taxes here, too. Wheel tax. Hotel and entertainment taxes. Local county option income tax. State has enacted a new law regarding property taxes that says something like it can't be more than 1% of residential value or 2% of commercial value. Its referred to as the circuit breaker. Anyhow, as it gets phased in, local governments are getting far less property taxes, so they are coming up with creative penalties, ah, err, I mean taxes, to cover the loss of tax income. So, more local taxes to come in the future, I'm sure.

 

[k0ua]

We are in much the same boat as the Ozzies. We have income tax on salaries/wages and then GST (Goods & Services Tax) at 15% on EVERYTHING (except financial transactions). That all goes into the Consolidated Fund (don'tcha just love that terminology) where it is doled out to schools, hospitals, welfare, police etc. (and my retirement income) Then there is the regional property 'rates' (currently mine is NZ$1300.00) covering local roads, rubbish collection, water, libraries.
If you aren't paying tax you're on the underside of the grass.

Geez.. 15%. Remind me to not move to NZ. That is some healthy taxing. What do you guys do with all the money? I bet you spend it on making government bigger?

 

[TheMan419]

We've got some extra taxes here, too. Wheel tax. Hotel and entertainment taxes. Local county option income tax. State has enacted a new law regarding property taxes that says something like it can't be more than 1% of residential value or 2% of commercial value. Its referred to as the circuit breaker. Anyhow, as it gets phased in, local governments are getting far less property taxes, so they are coming up with creative penalties, ah, err, I mean taxes, to cover the loss of tax income. So, more local taxes to come in the future, I'm sure.

And they will just jack up the assessed value of your property. They can't change one side of the equation (the rate) so they will change the other (the value) to get to the dollars they want flowing into the treasury.

 

[BrokeFarmerJohn]

And they will just jack up the assessed value of your property. They can't change one side of the equation (the rate) so they will change the other (the value) to get to the dollars they want flowing into the treasury.

My house was reassessed about 3-4 months ago and oh course it went up lol.

I just got off the phone with the bank, my home owners insurance went down $40 a year from 2016 and my taxes went up almost $600 a year and I was $450 in the hole from 2016 year because of the reassessment, long story short my house payment jumped up $95 a month due to taxes for the year of 2017.

I have owned my house 2 years and change and property taxes have gone up almost $1400 a year in that time.

If it keeps climbing like this I won't be able to afford my house in less than 10 years lol this is crazy. #Adulting