Must be nice not to have sales or income tax. You must pay some incredible property taxes to level out income and sales tax. I know Virginia has a yearly tax on all your stuff, cars, house ext, forget what it's called.
My property taxes are a little over 2k a year, income is 10k+ and sales is tax is 6%
Not as bad as you'd think, mine are about $3200/yr., a little less than what my mother pays in Vt. (which has both sales & income taxes) for a similar-sized house with less land. Prop. taxes are higher in the southern part of the state, but so are property values. By law, N.H. cities and towns must re-assess every 10 years or less, so you don't end up like some states where someone who's lived there for 40 years pays almost no property tax, while a newcomer gets hit even though both properties are similar. The lion's share (~70%) goes to schools.
If I had a couple more acres, my property taxes would go down quite a bit due to something N.H has called "current use", which gives a reduced rate for undeveloped land. You need to be able to put at least 10 acres into it (if you live on the property one or 2 acres are ineligible, considered a house lot). I have 9.5. :smiley_aafz:
Obviously, you don't get something for nothing...the money's got to come from somewhere. Vehicle registrations are kind of pricey, especially if you have a newer car or truck. Our tobacco & liquor taxes are lower than neighboring states, enough so that it can be worthwhile to make a special trip to stock up (good for us, but kind of a touchy subject with the powers-that-be in our neighboring states, Mass. in particular). Hard liquor is sold only at state-owned stores, they're a big money maker.
Lots of user fees for things that might be "free" in other states. I don't mind.
