Hi Dean,
I had quite a laugh reading your e-mail. I currently live in Europe (second home
is Coventy, GA). More than half of my salary goes to income tax, health care
and retirement fund (which will give me only a few hundred Euros per month, when
I retire with 67). Sales tax is 19 %. You don't want to know about fuel including
Avgas. Restricted land use? A piece of land here is more than land plus
house in the US... Oregon sounds like paradies...
I guess, it's all a matter of perspective.
Cheers
Thilo
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> Datum: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:04:44 -0400
> Von: "DEAN PSIROPOULOS" <dean.psiropoulos@verizon.net>
> An: rv-list@matronics.com
> Betreff: Taxes
> <dean.psiropoulos@verizon.net>
>
>
> I also lived in Oregon Chuck:
>
> All that Chris says is correct however, he leaves out the most important
> thing that you need to consider. Oregon has one of the most OUTRAGEOUS
> STATE INCOME TAXES in the country, 9% of every dollar you earn!!! NINE
> PERCENT!! Unless you are retired or have your own business, prepare to
> get
> raped by the state. I've lived all over the country and the only place
> else
> I've lived that comes close is Delaware at 7%. Most states that have
> income
> taxes average around 3%. I now live in Florida which has 6% SALES tax but
> NO state income tax. If you want warm weather year around but no rip offs
> from the big nanny states consider coming to the southeast. No mountains
> but
> otherwise nice people and low cost of living.
>
> Everyone who contemplates moving for a job should check on the income tax
> from the state where you plan to move. One can avoid most sales taxes if
> you don't buy big ticket items like cars but, if you work for someone
> other
> than yourself, there is NO WAY to avoid state income taxes. In Oregon
> that's nearly 10 cents out of every dollar that goes to the politicians to
> buy votes, absolutely a rip off.
>
> Also Oregon has very restrictive land use and environmental laws. The
> consequence of that is artificially higher housing prices and government
> confiscation of property when deemed necessary for conservation. Chris
> may
> not have heard of this but when I was there I heard of folks (with creeks
> running through their property) that had some of their land confiscated
> for
> the sake of preserving the creek!! If you want more of the same liberal
> politics that you have in CA then Oregon is the place for you, lots of
> bleeding heart politicians who want your land and money. The year after I
> left they enacted a 2% sur-charge on TOP of the income tax (that 11%
> total)
> for a few years to quash the budget deficit there. I was glad to leave
> and
> will never reside there again. I will be back to visit, in summer when
> the
> sun is out, temps are moderate and the mountains are majestic. But I'd
> choose Idaho or Utah if I absolutely HAVE to live in the mountains.
>
> Dean Psiropoulos
> RV-6A N197DM
> Flying, but finishing up some extraneous items
>
>
>
> --------------Original Message 2--------------
> From: Chris Stone <rv8iator@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: Taxes
>
>
> Hello Chuck...
>
> We left 15 years ago. Never looked back. Oregon No sales tax No A/C tax
> A/C and pilot registration fee: $30/yr. Real property tax depends on
> county. Typ is 1.25-1.75% of assessed value of land+improvements. No
> personal property tax.
>
> Chris Stone
> RV-8
> Oregon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Weyant
>
> Subject: Taxes
>
> We're moving out of California. Too many taxes/fees
> For those of you who live in NV, AZ, OR, Montana
> or NM what do you pay for:
> 1. Sales tax percent (if any) for
> airplanes purchases
> 2. Yearly fee/taxes for airplanes
> 3. Annual real estate property tax for
> personal residence and/or hanger
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck
>
>
>
>
>
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