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The personal property taxes on vehicles are based on the weight, age, and value of your vehicle...not unlike the impact fee that one pays (one time, mind you) when moving into Florida from another state. I'm not sure exactly what the formula is, but suffice it to say that the newer and more expensive your vehicle, the higher the tax will be.
Select the "Automobile" Radio Button. Enter any name into the "Name" Edit Box, such as "John Adams" and then click on the "Send" Button. Then scroll down through the listings and take notice of the year, make, etc. of the vehicles and maybe you'll find some that match up closely to what you have and can get a good estimate from there. If all else fails, contact the Greenville County Tax collector and provide them with the details (year, make, model, mileage, etc.) ask if they can provide an estimate of what your taxes may be when you move. I'm not sure if they'll be able to tell you, but it's worth a shot.
Just for an example, the taxes on my 1996 Ford Taurus went down (and up in 2006) over the years as follows:
(my wife's 2000 Ford Exploder was over $1000 the first year we were here in 2001 - absolutely caught us by surprise).
The state income tax reduces your take home pay, but overall, the cost of living is pretty good up here as compared to Central Florida...I would imagine it would be even moreso than compared to South Florida.
Holy cow RT! Good thing I lived in FLA when the Benz was new. I had no idea they could charge that much for auto tax. I don't think I'll buy a car newer than 5 years old....
Holy cow RT! Good thing I lived in FLA when the Benz was new. I had no idea they could charge that much for auto tax. I don't think I'll buy a car newer than 5 years old....
Oh yea...be very glad. I'll be very satisfied to purchase pre-owned for the remainder of my life here.
I should mention, there has been plenty of talk (usually during campaign years 2002, 2006, likely again in 2010) of replacing the personal property tax with an added sales tax or something of the like, but nothing's happened on that front yet.
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Thanks...one would think they'd also have a link to this from the city profile, too, but they don't. I find this very odd, myself, and I'm not sure one can conclude anything from this, especially given the three criteria that were used to build the index score. Maybe doctors in Greenville are just quicker to write prescriptions than other places? Perhaps, if they are, this may also lead to resistant strains? I dunno...all I can tell you is that I, personally, have had far fewer colds/sinusitis/respratory issues here than I did in Central Florida.
the high respiratory infection rate comes from the beautiful foliage?? I think i'll take the trade-off, I don't get sick very often anyway...(knock on wood)
the high respiratory infection rate comes from the beautiful foliage?? I think i'll take the trade-off, I don't get sick very often anyway...(knock on wood)
No, but the high allergy rate does. The high respiratory infection rate appears to be based on a) reports of colds/respiratory infections, b) number of certain prescriptions written for certain medications, and c) presence of resistant strains of certain bugs...
I have to agree Greenville is more conservative than not, but that is changing. As more people move here from other areas, there is a greater mix of views and ideas. There will always be a strong conservative presence with places like Bob Jones around, but I do believe that times are changing for the area - like it or not.
This is a good thing. It's sad when people have to worry about moving to an area because they are afraid of encountering closed minds. All cities should be working toward a "greater mix of views and ideas".
I live in Columbia, and my OH goes to Greenville/Simpsonville several days a week for work. He has hayfever, which is moderate in Columbia. When in Greenville he comes back half dead. There are many grasses up there that have very high pollen count. It would make a difference whether he would want to live there. Everyone's allergies are different, but people should know beforehand, if they happen to suffer from allergies.
I, too, have to agree that dispite what these charts show, my allergies (and sickness in general) are noticably better here than they were in the Florida panhandle or Louisiana.
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