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That my friends captures the attitude of SC residents. They fail to admit that this discriminatory tax law was passed after most non-residents had purchased property. Their goal is to have NRs pay all of their taxes. Again, the residents pay ZERO in their property taxes to support school operations. Non-residents and investors pay for that cost in their property taxes. The residents have no "skin in the game".
Then you'll find all other states equally discriminatory as you claim. Other states charge more taxes for non-occupied homes as well.
That my friends captures the attitude of SC residents. They fail to admit that this discriminatory tax law was passed after most non-residents had purchased property. Their goal is to have NRs pay all of their taxes. Again, the residents pay ZERO in their property taxes to support school operations. Non-residents and investors pay for that cost in their property taxes. The residents have no "skin in the game".
Those residing here had nothing to do with that rebate being passed. That was our legislature and they don't always do the right thing by all of their constituents. And what's this; "tax law was passed after most non-residents had purchased property" I got news for you non-residents are still buying property in this state well after this change in the tax law. People sell property all of the time because of high taxes; look at New England or Chicago. If you think you are being taken advantage of in this situation you are free to sell anytime you like!
Seriously?? Almost every other state has homestead exemptions. If it's not your primary residence, you're paying more in property taxes. This is pretty common knowledge, you know. Examples??
Here, I'll give the first few that popped up on Google - Georgia, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan (they also don't pay for schools - just the business and 2nd home owners), New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
Oh here, you go, I found a link listing them all. Primary residences almost always get a tax break. So stop acting like South Carolina is something so out of the ordinary. Real Estate Questions and Answers
That my friends captures the attitude of SC residents. They fail to admit that this discriminatory tax law was passed after most non-residents had purchased property. Their goal is to have NRs pay all of their taxes. Again, the residents pay ZERO in their property taxes to support school operations. Non-residents and investors pay for that cost in their property taxes. The residents have no "skin in the game".
They also don't want to pay for repairs and regular maintenance on their schools. When I lived in SC, a bill was brought forth to add a tax to all homeowner's to help fund the schools and it was shot down by 70% of the voters. Heaven forbid the people sending their kids to the schools actually pay a dime for those schools!
Here, I'll give the first few that popped up on Google - Georgia, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan (they also don't pay for schools - just the business and 2nd home owners), New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
NY does NOT have a homestead exemption! NY has a STAR reduction on School taxes based on your income and age. It does NOT say residents pay ZERO in school taxes. Nice try though. Everyone who owns property in NY PAYS school taxes unlike SC!
NY does NOT have a homestead exemption! NY has a STAR reduction on School taxes based on your income and age. It does NOT say residents pay ZERO in school taxes. Nice try though. Everyone who owns property in NY PAYS school taxes unlike SC!
Didn't say that. They have a homestead exemption. That was my claim - stop trying to read into something I didn't say. I did, however, point out how Michigan also doesn't pay for the schools. Second homeowners and businesses pay there too.
They also don't want to pay for repairs and regular maintenance on their schools. When I lived in SC, a bill was brought forth to add a tax to all homeowner's to help fund the schools and it was shot down by 70% of the voters. Heaven forbid the people sending their kids to the schools actually pay a dime for those schools!
Now you're trolling - best of luck to you in some other state.
Didn't say that. They have a homestead exemption. That was my claim - stop trying to read into something I didn't say. I did, however, point out how Michigan also doesn't pay for the schools. Second homeowners and businesses pay there too.
There's a difference in what a homestead exemption means in different areas of the country:
From Wiki:
Homestead exemption is a legal regime designed to protect the value of the homes of residents from property taxes, creditors, and circumstances arising from the death of the homeowner spouse. Laws are found in state statutes or constitutional provisions which exist in many states in the United States. The homestead exemption in certain southern states has its legal origins in colonial Spanish exemption laws. Exemption laws in other states were enacted in response to the effects of economic depressions in the nineteenth century.
This lists some states with homestead exemptions. However, SC is not on this list as is is only examples.
This website lists out the actual homestead exemptions for each state. The school taxes are not actual homestead exemptions under the eyes of the law. They have another name. It usually varies from state to state as well.
If Michigan has a similar law to SC whereas the second homeowners and businesses pay the school taxes, then I have the same feelings towards them. It's not right to charge the people who are NOT using the services. When you order dinner at a restaurant, you pay for your meal not the meal of everyone in the restaurant. Same concept.
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