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Old 09-24-2015, 07:18 AM
 
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Cookeville is located between Nashville and Knoxville in central Tennessee. Since the state of Tennessee has no state or local income taxes, retirees would only pay taxes at the federal level. At the same time, they would enjoy a cost of living 15% lower than the national average. As a result, SmartAsset’s analysis found that a gross income of $34,792 [Social Security and retirement income combined] would be sufficient for a comfortable retirement in Cookeville.

The ten cheapest cities in America for retirement:
  1. McAllen, TX
  2. Ashland, OH
  3. Martinsville, VA
  4. Cookeville
  5. Idaho Falls, ID
  6. Amarillo, TX
  7. San Marcos, TX
  8. Norman, OK
  9. Hattiesburg, MS
  10. Sherman, TX

https://smartasset.com/retirement/wh...aire-to-retire
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Old 09-24-2015, 09:11 AM
 
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That website...not a very nice thing to call ET, now, is it?
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Old 09-25-2015, 09:49 AM
 
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That website...not a very nice thing to call ET, now, is it?
I see what you did there.
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Old 10-11-2015, 06:17 PM
 
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Cookeville is located between Nashville and Knoxville in central Tennessee. Since the state of Tennessee has no state or local income taxes, retirees would only pay taxes at the federal level. At the same time, they would enjoy a cost of living 15% lower than the national average. As a result, SmartAsset’s analysis found that a gross income of $34,792 [Social Security and retirement income combined] would be sufficient for a comfortable retirement in Cookeville.

The ten cheapest cities in America for retirement:
  1. McAllen, TX
  2. Ashland, OH
  3. Martinsville, VA
  4. Cookeville
  5. Idaho Falls, ID
  6. San Marcos, TX
  7. Norman, OK
  8. Hattiesburg, MS
  9. Sherman, TX

https://smartasset.com/retirement/wh...aire-to-retire
Thanks for posting this, JMT.
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Old 12-12-2015, 10:12 AM
 
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That article flat out lies about Tennessee taxes.

"Since the state of Tennessee has no state or local income taxes, retirees would only pay taxes at the federal level."

Bull, Tennessee has a personal income tax on investment income. It is known as the Hall tax, more properly the Hall Income Tax.

It generally affects two classes of people, the wealthy and retirees. Since a significant number of retirees live on investment income, having had "invest for your retirement years" hammered into them over their working lives, the no Tennessee income tax lie is particularly pernicious coming from a publication purporting to give retirement advice regarding Tennessee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_income_tax
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Old 12-12-2015, 01:33 PM
 
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Wasn't the Hall Income Tax repealed or or rolled back last legislative session?
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Old 12-12-2015, 03:39 PM
 
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The ranking represents retirees who also collect social security. Aren't retirees exempt from the Hall tax when they are 65 and have a income below 33k single / 59k joint.

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Old 12-12-2015, 04:55 PM
 
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The ranking represents retirees who also collect social security. Aren't retirees exempt from the Hall tax when they are 65 and have a income below 33k single / 59k joint.


The legislature voted to raise the level which allows more senior citizens to be exempt in 2011 and 2013, with current income exemption levels at $33,000 per individual and $59,000 per couple. Under Senate Bill 32, the annual Hall Income Tax standard income exemption for taxpayers 65 years of age or older would be $37,000 for single filers and $68,000 for joint filer taxpayers beginning in January 2016.
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Old 12-12-2015, 04:57 PM
 
Location: On the plateau, TN
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Wasn't the Hall Income Tax repealed or or rolled back last legislative session?
Hall income tax repeal fails again .....April 23, 2015


Hall income tax repeal fails again - but higher exemptions approved - Humphrey on the Hill
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Old 12-12-2015, 06:28 PM
 
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The legislature voted to raise the level which allows more senior citizens to be exempt in 2011 and 2013, with current income exemption levels at $33,000 per individual and $59,000 per couple. Under Senate Bill 32, the annual Hall Income Tax standard income exemption for taxpayers 65 years of age or older would be $37,000 for single filers and $68,000 for joint filer taxpayers beginning in January 2016.
That is definitely a step in the right direction. Repealing the Hall Tax will help places like Crossville and Cookeville attract more retirees.
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