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Originally Posted by serialk11r
 I thought California was bad...I flipped when I saw the tax on a 775 dollar notebook I'm planning to buy was 72 dollars. |
Its actually 9.285, got some numbers mixed up.
The thing about Tennessee is we don't have a state income tax, unlike many states, including Cali, that's the reason our sales tax is somewhat higher than other states, which have a collective sales and income tax.
The pro to a sales tax only state is that sales tax is, by and large, mostly your choice. Unlike dishing out taxes from your income check to both the state and feds, you can make a choice on whether to buy something or not, aka, you chose to be taxed or not. Like Matador said, a great way around this is just to buy online and skip the sales tax completely.
Imo it would suck to see my paycheck lowered twice by two income taxes, then go to a store to buy something for my computer, and have to pony up yet another tax.