Tag Archives: high tax states

Covid-19: Where Are People Moving To?

Moving Trends, Covid-style… Some interesting statistics, courtesy of United Van Lines. Not much of a surprise, but density has seemed to play a major role… The Top Inbound States Vermont South Dakota South Carolina West Virginia Florida Alabama Tennessee Oregon Idaho Rhode Island The Top Outbound States New Jersey Illinois New York Connecticut California Michigan […]

The Proposed New York City Pied-A-Terre Tax (Q&A)

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Hallmark Abstract Service received the excellent question below that’s based on a proposed New York City pied-a-terre tax we discussed in the article, ‘Oracle Chooses Tax Sanity And Is Leaving California…Is New York Paying Attention?‘: It’s an excellent question because the details of the tax and impact on homeowners in New York City at this […]

Oracle Chooses Tax Sanity And Is Leaving California…Is New York Paying Attention?

Note: As a resident of the state with the highest tax burden in the United States and as the owner of a title insurance company reliant on a healthy environment for both the commercial and residential real estate markets, the subjects of affordability and quality of life in New York State are extremely important to me. […]

New York State Targets Low-Hanging Fruit To Raise Revenue – The Real Estate Transfer Tax and the Mansion Tax Are Hiked!

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If the business or entity you are responsible for running needs to raise its top-line revenue number, in the hopes of potentially improving the bottomline number, what can be done? Simple! The business could simply raise prices being charged the consumer for the product(s), right? Of course that answer in many cases is not feasible, as there […]