Middle class pays higher tax in Texas than California (Los Angeles: to buy, taxes)

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by expatCA

What is the sales tax in your city?

Sac County 7.75% but in California services aren't taxed and on items that are shipped to you tax is not charged on the shipping charge as it is in Texas.

[2sleepy]

Originally Posted by aslowdodge

But aren’t they raising the height of new builds constantly? I used to own 4 rental beach houses there and all the new builds were on stilts that we’re getting higher and higher.

Well that depends..if the Christian Taliban has their way Texas will just build arks to deal with the problem

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by expatCA

71, and yes that hospital and overpasses on the FRWY's. I did not live that far from it.


https://www.dailynews.com/2016/02/08/sylmar-san-fernando-earthquake-45-years-ago-tuesday-64-killed/


The 1971 Sylmar quake — dubbed the San Fernando earthquake by scientists and the biggest shaker to date in Los Angeles history — spread death and destruction as far as downtown.


Freeways buckled. Sewer lines broke. Gas lines exploded. Power lines fell, telephone service cut. Chimneys toppled. Windows shattered. Dams threatened to burst. And thousands of homes, businesses, hospitals and government agencies were turned upside down.

My sister was actually working it the hospital when the quake hit. We experienced several quakes growing up in L. A. At the time of the 71 quake we were living in Altadena. My sister and family lived in Canyon Country and she was an over night nurse at the Vet hospital. Of all the quakes we had that was by far, the worst.
My sister was working as I said and my brother in law was a prison guard. Their kids were older so stayed at home over night alone. It was about mid or late afternoon before the family could make contact with each other.
I do remember exactly what we were doing of course. Hubby was one of only 5 people in his dept that showed up for work in downtown L.A. that day. He worked for PT&T at the time, so we are not talking a small company. Our kids and 2 neighbor kids were the only ones in each of their classes that showed up for school. They were all sent home

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by nmnita

My sister was actually working it the hospital when the quake hit. We experienced several quakes growing up in L. A. At the time of the 71 quake we were living in Altadena. My sister and family lived in Canyon Country and she was an over night nurse at the Vet hospital. Of all the quakes we had that was by far, the worst.
My sister was working as I said and my brother in law was a prison guard. Their kids were older so stayed at home over night alone. It was about mid or late afternoon before the family could make contact with each other.
I do remember exactly what we were doing of course. Hubby was one of only 5 people in his dept that showed up for work in downtown L.A. that day. He worked for PT&T at the time, so we are not talking a small company. Our kids and 2 neighbor kids were the only ones in each of their classes that showed up for school. They were all sent home

Yeah, I lived in the Valley and everyone was worried about the Dam breaking. I did go to work in Downtown LA and had to help load everything back on the warehouse shelves, though I worked in the office. A friend was on the freeway going to work and the overpasses on both ends of the section he was on collapsed, but being in the middle, between them, he was OK, just stuck for bit. It was no fun and I do not remember a worse one and I was born in LA County. It had to be bad for your sister at the VA hospital once that wing collapsed. Hope she was not to near it. You just never know when one will hit, like the one in SF where a lot of the FRWYs with an upper and lower level collapsed.

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by 2sleepy

Sac County 7.75% but in California services aren't taxed and on items that are shipped to you tax is not charged on the shipping charge as it is in Texas.

TX only charges shipping tax on retail sales. Shipped millions of dollars worth of product to distributors and no one paid anything on the shipping charges in the way of taxes.

[CaliRestoration]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

Interesting but regression is the criteria not taxes. For instance NV taxes are less than TX or CA at all income levels.

So NV is almost as regressive as TX but the taxes paid are less than either CA or TX.

This is why this comparison is ridiculous. It rates "progressiveness" of taxes, not individual tax burden for which California is usually Top 5 in the country.

I don't care how "progressive" the tax system is, I care about the actual burden carried.

For that California is Top of the theft chain

[expatCA]

Originally Posted by CaliRestoration

This is why this comparison is ridiculous. It rates "progressiveness" of taxes, not individual tax burden for which California is usually Top 5 in the country.

I don't care how "progressive" the tax system is, I care about the actual burden carried.

For that California is Top of the theft chain

Oh goody, as I currently live in #1, FL.


Best ranking is FL (Note Alaska also) and CA is 49th, just 1 above the worst.

[Taksan]

Originally Posted by expatCA

Oh goody, as I currently live in #1, FL.

[lvmensch]

CA does not make the top 10 in the total tax load on individuals. It is a high tax state number 11 in 2019. But there are 10 states with higher taxes.

[payutenyodagimas]

Originally Posted by lvmensch

CA does not make the top 10 in the total tax load on individuals. It is a high tax state number 11 in 2019. But there are 10 states with higher taxes.

#11?

and they say we need to repeal prop 13 coz we dont collect that much prop tax?