America's Best Low-Tax Retirement Towns

by Evans, Eve; Fox, Richard

• ISBN13: 9780964421684
• ISBN10: 0964421682
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Vacation Pubns Inc

Summary

This book ranks and profiles 170 top retirement towns and major metropolitan areas according to tax burdens places on retirees. The authors identify the best tax heavens and the worst tax hells.

Table of Contents

Introduction	6	(5)
Top retirement towns
fact finding
book layout
state income tax
local income tax
sales tax
property tax and other fees
auto licensing fees
personal property tax
intangibles tax
how to use this book
Alabama --- Eufaula, Fairhope	11	(2)
Alaska --- Anchorage	13	(1)
Arizona --- Flagstaff, Green Valley, Phoenix, Prescott, Scottsdale, Sierra Vista, Tucson	14	(6)
Arkansas --- Hot Springs, Little Rock	20	(2)
California --- Carlsbad, Los Angeles, Ojai, Palm Desert, San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan Capistrano, Temecula	22	(6)
Colorado --- Denver, Fort Collins	28	(2)
Connecticut --- Hartford, New Haven	30	(2)
Delaware --- Wilmington	32	(1)
Florida --- Boca Raton, Bradenton, Celebration, Dade City, DeLand, Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Jupiter, Key West, Lakeland, Leesburg, Longboat Key, Miami, Mount Dora, Naples, North Fort Myers, Ocala, Orlando, Ormond Beach, Pensacola, Punta Gorda, St. Augustine, St. Petersburg, Sanibel Island, Sarasota, Siesta Key, Tampa, Venice, Vero Beach, Winter Haven	33	(21)
Georgia --- Atlanta, Gainesville, St. Simons Island, Savannah, Thomasville	54	(4)
Hawaii --- Honolulu	58	(2)
Idaho --- Boise, Coeur d'Alene	60	(3)
Illnois --- Chicago	63	(1)
Indiana --- Indianapolis	64	(1)
Iowa --- Des Moines	65	(2)
Kansas --- Wichita	67	(1)
Kentucky --- Lexington, Louisville	68	(2)
Louisiana --- Baton Rouge, Natchitoches, New Orleans	70	(3)
Maine --- Camden	73	(2)
Maryland --- Baltimore	75	(2)
Massachusetts --- Boston, Cape Cod	77	(2)
Michigan --- Detroit, Petoskey	79	(2)
Minnesota --- Minneapolis	81	(1)
Mississippi --- Hattiesburg, Oxford, Vicksburg	82	(3)
Missouri --- Branson, Kansas City	85	(2)
Montana --- Billings	87	(2)
Nebraska --- Omaha	89	(1)
Nevada --- Las Vegas, Reno	90	(2)
New Hampshire --- Portsmouth	92	(1)
New Jersey --- Cape May, Newark, Toms River	93	(3)
New Mexico --- Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Ruidoso, Santa Fe	96	(3)
New York --- Buffalo, New York City, Syracuse	99	(3)
North Carolina --- Asheville, Brevard, Chapel Hill, Edenton, Hendersonville, New Bern, Pinehurst, Waynesville, Wilmington	102	(8)
North Dakota --- Fargo	110	(2)
Ohio --- Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus	112	(2)
Oklahoma --- Oklahoma City	114	(2)
Oregon --- Ashland, Bend, Eugene, Grants Pass, Lincoln City, Portland	116	(4)
Pennsylvania --- Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh	120	(3)
Rhode Island --- Providence	123	(1)
South Carolina --- Aiken, Beaufort, Charleston, Clemson, Greenville, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach	124	(6)
South Dakota --- Sioux Falls	130	(1)
Tennessee --- Maryville, Memphis, Paris	131	(3)
Texas --- Austin, Brownsville, Dallas, Georgetown, Houston, Kerrville, San Antonio, The Woodlands	134	(6)
Utah --- St. George, Salt Lake City	140	(2)
Vermont --- Burlington	142	(1)
Virginia --- Abingdon, Charlottesville, Richmond, Williamsburg	143	(4)
Washington --- Friday Harbor, Oak Harbor, Port Townsend, Seattle, Sequim	147	(4)
West Virginia --- Charleston	151	(2)
Wisconsin --- Eagle River, Madison, Milwaukee, Sturgeon Bay	153	(3)
Wyoming --- Cheyenne, Jackson	156	(2)
Washington, DC	158	(1)
Rankings	159	(9)
Complete ranking of cities according to total tax burden
Income $25,000/Home Value $75,000	159	(1)
Income $25,000/Home Value $100,000	160	(1)
Income $25,000/Home Value $125,000	161	(1)
Income $50,000/Home Value $100,000	162	(1)
Income $50,000/Home Value $150,000	163	(1)
Income $50,000/Home Value $200,000	164	(1)
Income $75,000/Home Value $150,000	165	(1)
Income $75,000/Home Value $250,000	166	(1)
Income $75,000/Home Value $350,000	167	(1)
Tax Heaven or Hell	168	(2)
Top 10 Tax Heavens and Tax Hells
Retirement Relocation Special Reports	170	(2)
Other Retirement Relocation Books	172