Tax-Friendly States for Retirees

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I did the right thing by leaving ca 1990 its going down the tubes ever year what a sham!

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I adore Alaska and would retire there in a second, but most people whine about the cold.

texas has no state tax,but has a sales tax unless your in business and have a state id tax free for buying iteams. love texas

I have traveled this country looking for a good place to retire. Georgia ranks number one for me so far. It's ahead of all the places mentioned in this clueless yahoo infomercial. I wonder how much they paid yahoo to get this on their site.

NH TAAAAALKS FUNNY,,,TRY TO UNDERSTAND ANYTHING SAID THERE.....LIKE TRYING TO LEARN RUSSIAN........

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New Hampshire also has no sales tax, and no state tax.

We all get to pay for the Alaska dividend through the oil severance taxes that Sarah Palin put in effect. She bragged about how she cut their taxes and forgot to mention how she raised ours.

Property tax and toll bridges are the dumbest ideas for taxes our government has ever even contemplated. Get rid of both of them everywhere.

You forgot to mention that seniors in Pa lose their homes every day because they can't afford the property tax. Not so friendly.

But you didn't mention the cost of living, well above the national average, which takes all you save in taxes plus a lot more.

California is a great state... no matter what you do you'll pay the highest possible tax rate. Moonbeam and the silly people of California who follow every word he utters will gladly take every last dime. It's a shame. Used to be a really great state... not it is horrible and getting worse.

Tax-friendly approach?

Why don't we take a couple living in each of these states with average, mid range and high SS numbers and then find the COSTs to live with all the taxes they would pay on a median priced home, food, auto fees, health care, auto insurances and all the real life things people pay for during a year. Make sure to add in heating costs, average electrical costs including air conditioning for those areas that require it.

I have done such an exercize and my number, compared to a new England state with heating bills and property taxes, no income taxes and low sales taxes amounted to $1,200.00 +- more.

So, for $100.00 a month would I move to that "low tax state"? Heck, I couldn't ever recover the Sales cost of my home or the moving costs. The heating costs and property tax differences alone amounts to 120K over a 20 year retirement period!

The tax friendly approach for any retiree that has not done a similar exercize could be a traumatic shock when they arrive in thier new locations. The grass is not always greener in the "tax friendly state".

Now that is a oxymoron there is no such thing as a tax friendly anything let alone a state.

waw......

national sales tax...every one pays....no tax on food and real estate...and remove the interest deduction...all new communities must have solar panels...

Get out of country altogether, Obama will soon be instituting tax slavery with his tax increases planned to fund his Entitlement Nation. Tax freedom day is getting closer to December every year. More confiscation ahead.