TN Sales Tax & other TN info (Knoxville: new home, employment)

[ss20ts]

Originally Posted by alleycat

It varies a lot from county to county, but in Nashville the property tax on a $211k house would be somewhere between $2110 and $2400 (depending on what part of the county someone lives in).

Remember though that while many of the costs are lower in Tennessee, so are the salaries generally, especially in the more rural areas. You really have to look at the overall picture; some people save quite a bit in real income moving to Tennessee, others save just a small amount after everything is taken into account.

I kinda figured the salaries would be lower. that seems to be a reoccurring thing in the Southern states. But your taxes and many other costs are so much less it's ridiculous.

My hubby works from home for a company in Colorado so he'd still make what he currently makes. I'd have to find a job when we relocate. It's still like getting a raise - no income tax and significantly lower property taxes.

I can't believe how low property taxes are in Nashville. That's a HUGE city. Up here the government would tax you extra just because there's more than 8 people. It's pathetic. No wonder people are leaving here in droves.

[ss20ts]

A home in Knoxville assessed at $221k would have annual property taxes of less than $2000. It costs $60'ish/year to register vehicles. Not bad, eh?

In my favorite town of Cookeville the property taxes are lower and the annual vehicle registration fee is something like $24.

Do you have vehicle inspections?

How's the weather? I'm guessing you get less snow than we do up here. We just had one of the worst winters in like 30 years....higher than average snow, higher than average ice (always a pleasure to go without power for a week), and higher than average cold temps - basically it was colder than on average. It was so lovely!

I'm going to Nashville on my vacation for a few days. I want to see even more now! I'm definitely interested in learning more.

How's the scrapbooking world there? I know there's an Archiver's in Nashville.

Me thinks maybe I should start a new thread......

[JMT]

Originally Posted by ss20ts

Do you have vehicle inspections?

How's the weather? I'm guessing you get less snow than we do up here. We just had one of the worst winters in like 30 years....higher than average snow, higher than average ice (always a pleasure to go without power for a week), and higher than average cold temps - basically it was colder than on average. It was so lovely!

I'm going to Nashville on my vacation for a few days. I want to see even more now! I'm definitely interested in learning more.

How's the scrapbooking world there? I know there's an Archiver's in Nashville.

Me thinks maybe I should start a new thread......

You sound like one excited person. I love to see your enthusiasm! You'll find this forum is full of some mighty helpful people. The folks from Nashville have a pretty lively forum and are full of great information.

Some of the counties around Nashville do have vehicle inspections, but not all do. There's no state inspection.

Enjoy your vacation in Nashville! It's a great city!

[alleycat]

Metro Nashville and most of the adjacent counties require an emission inspection (it's not really a vehicle inspection); the cost is about $10. If you have a late model vehicle in good condition, it's no problem.

I'm sure there's scrapbookers here. A few years ago I remember a national scrapbook convention being held in Nashville.

The average yearly snow in Nashville is something like ten inches. Some years we get more than others. For the past few years we're gotten very little snow. I only remember one major snow since 2000. However, people go nuts around here when they predict snow; it's become an inside joke. People rush to the grocery store to stock up on milk and toilet tissue like the next ice age is coming. When it does snow the roads can be a bit of a problem because there are hilly areas all around the area and some of the Interstates are at capacity during rush hour anyway, so that anything that upsets the traffic flow is a problem. It's doesn't happen often, but it's a pain in the butt when we do get a heavy snow or, even worse, ice.

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by alleycat

The average yearly snow in Nashville is something like ten inches. Some years we get more than others. For the past few years we're gotten very little snow. I only remember one major snow since 2000. However, people go nuts around here when they predict snow; it's become an inside joke. People rush to the grocery store to stock up on milk and toilet tissue like the next ice age is coming. When it does snow the roads can be a bit of a problem because there are hilly areas all around the area and some of the Interstates are at capacity during rush hour anyway, so that anything that upsets the traffic flow is a problem. It's doesn't happen often, but it's a pain in the butt when we do get a heavy snow or, even worse, ice.

Everything alleycat says is true, however, I am from up north and I will put it to you this way....

They don't get snow! They call it snow, but it is not SNOW. Not northeastern snow.

And it's not cold. Not cold like up there. We were much colder than normal this year, too. Still, it's not cold like up there.

To give you an example, I have been through four winters and I have seen about 1/2 to 1 inch about three times. In four years.

They refer to this blizzard that happened about 15 years ago, but it was a freak snowstorm that is actually called "The Storm of the Century" and anything that they got that time, we got a lot worse. Half the country was covered in snow

[jabogitlu]

Are you making fun of us, hik!?

[piedmont]

Originally Posted by ss20ts

As for this list of taxes, where's the rest? Seriously! You have no idea how many you're missing. There are roads and schools in TN, right? I mean ones with pavement. Schools in buildings and not tents. How the heck do you do it without taxing EVERYTHING and I mean EVERYTHING? You guys should give NY some lessons!

Frankly, we don't do it. That's how we do it!!

TN schools as a whole can't compared to NY state schools as a whole. You will also find that there can be a much more limited range of government services/programs in TN compared to many NE states and that you will pay for those services, rather than have them provided to you. It was quite a wake up call for me, coming from North Carolina, much less a northeastern state.

[ss20ts]

Originally Posted by piedmont

Frankly, we don't do it. That's how we do it!!

TN schools as a whole can't compared to NY state schools as a whole. You will also find that there can be a much more limited range of government services/programs in TN compared to many NE states and that you will pay for those services, rather than have them provided to you. It was quite a wake up call for me, coming from North Carolina, much less a northeastern state.

Don't think that because NY spends a fortune on schools that they all are wonderful and kicking out Harvard grads and rocket scientists. We've got plenty of morons here! I also believe that the parents need to step up and make sure their kids are doing their homework and behaving. I know such a radical concept!

I went to a crappy school and still managed to go to college and earn several degrees. So I don't buy all that oh they're poor or from a single parent home nonsense. I did, too, so it can be done. I just had a mother who kicked my butt and made sure I did my work much he same as her boss at her job.

What government services are limited? Why should the government take care of everything the people? I don't buy into that either.

[mbmouse]

Wellll.....Do you know what the TN motto is? TN, the Volunteer state.
We have "adopt a road" programs where a business or organization agrees to keep a portion of road clean, or pay for it to be maintained. Then there is the dead beat dad program, if there are dead beat parents (moms too) who are behind on their child support, they get to spend their weekends in an orange vest walking along the highways picking up trash.
I have friends and family in CT, some of them have kids in schools about the same age as mine, we have just as good of a school system as they do, and about the same things offered...well, actually we have a bigger JROTC program and FFA program,we have TCA (National technical program) and they do not, oh and our chorus program didn't get cut and theirs did. So in some respects, our school is a bit better as far as extra curricular offerings, and the grading scale is tougher here and my kids will be getting two free years of college and theirs won't.
The roads here are good, we don't loose car parts when we hit a pot whole, cause well, there aren't many.
........I pay $568 a year in property taxes and $24 each a year to register my car.
TN government entities are pretty good at math from where I stand.

[hiknapster]

Originally Posted by jabogitlu

Are you making fun of us, hik!?

I would NEVER do that! (hiknapster says, as she bats her eyelashes.)

Just giving it perspective. alleycat did a fabulous job of describing the weather, actually. Better than some posts I've seen over the years. Walking to school barefoot in a foot of snow, stuff. You know the kind.