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South Carolina sets a maximum at the state level to prevent loc governments from imposing taxes on your freedom bucks.  Which makes school funding very interesting.
How do you think they make up the difference of no state income tax? >

We rented when we lived in Texas, so it wasn't too bad.
Until we needed to buy a car. Even with a used car, we still had to pay a $1500 tax for the privilege of buying a car in the state of Texas. >

That's a sales taxes not income tax. Do other states not have sales tax on cars? >

Most due… but probably not as much. >

It's 6.25% in Texas and excludes any trade-in value. Looks like 7.25% in California, 4% in New York plus any county fees, 6% in Florida, and to pick a less populated state, 4% in Wyoming plus any county taxes. Texas doesn't seem too far outside the norm on car sales tax at least. >

6.5 here in MN. Though if the vehicle is over 10 years and low-value (sells for less than 3k), it's a flat 10 bucks. >

That's an interesting case for older/low value vehicles. That really helps people who can't afford anything newer. >

No state income taxes. >

WV has income tax and property tax, so it's a double whammy. Fortunately income tax is relatively cheap. Unfortunately they're talking about tax cuts when our state is ranked at the bottom for important things like schools, public health, obesity, etc... Instead of investing the "surplus", they just want us to stay at the bottom of the barrel. >

Property taxes are set by local governments the state sets a min.  But does not control increases . Why has property taxes raised ? Not a simple answer but here’s a few reasons . Local governments inflate home values . Most homeowners do rarely get their homes appraised . Which should be done often . By not doing  this the local government “appraises “ them based off of area sale values  which in many areas have been highly inflated due to corporations and businesses IE filppers buying up properties and reselling them inflating the values . To battle this it’s encouraged homeowners get their homes appraised to make sure the value of their home actually meets appraisal districts value on your home . Now keep in mind even by doing this doesn’t mean you will pay lower taxes unless you can prove the value of your home is less than the appraised amount . Also if your elderly over 65 you can file for a homestead exemption where I believe 40k can be deducted off the value of your home . But you have to apply for this and not usually advertised . In Texas