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cutting to the chase...
1) wherever you go you will have the same FEDERAL taxation.
2) any state that doesn't have an income tax WILL make it up in other ways.
So... what do you hope to achieve by the exercise?
As we retired, we migrated to a different state. Here we find that on our pensions our AGI gracefully slides below the minimum level that we would need to begin paying Income Taxes in this state.
We are not in a 'no' income tax state.
If your desire is to avoid paying income taxes [and we share that same desire] then you may wish to look at other states outside of those to do not have income taxes.
Many years ago, this state began a program called 'revenue sharing' where the biggest cities maybe 0.5% of the state, would get state subsidy money to help pay for city services.
Kind of like taxing 99.95% of the towns in the state, to help pay for the Parks and Rec of those few cities.
Our current governor has stopped 'revenue sharing', and those cities are screaming about it. Their property taxes have had to go up to cover for the lost revenue.
Meanwhile property taxes in the majority of the state have gone down.
Now which story do you think gets the news coverage?
My property taxes have gone down, and I pay no income tax. The news is about how taxes are going up.
I lived in a state with no income tax (Washington) but RE tax was really high and so was sales tax and tax on booze. We moved to a state with an income tax (Hawaii) and pay less total tax. It does not tax SS or pensions which is a good chunk of our income and has the lowest property tax in the US.
Don't be pedantic. This is about the US. Those states.
Real estate taxes (far higher than other places) are the main alternate source
which will show up in rents too if you don't own.
Then a whole host of other petty "personal property" taxes and similar...
Then there are the fees for everything that should be a part of taxes.
Or did you imagine these states had some way to pay for things that didn't come from the people?
I am not being pedantic , "Anyone moved to a tax haven country or state"
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