Cindy, I also think that work travel is tax deductible but not commuting expenses--so that sucks.

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I've heard the exact opposite, here--that the income is taxed by the state in which you work. A lot of people move to southern NH, because there is no sales tax, and no state income tax (although property tax is generally way higher in NH), then they find out they still have to pay their MA state taxes, because they work in Boston.

A lot of cities have considered things like commuter taxes to solve this problem, maybe Boston was successful?

It's a big issue, actually, with people earning money in the cities but not contributing to the tax base, and thus any of the infrastructure/services they use, because they go back to their homes in the suburbs or neighboring states.

I do hope this works out your way, though, especially since I'm given to understand that there in the Soviet Republic of Taxachusetts (isn't that the neocon line?) you pay some pretty hefty ones.

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Cindy, DexH files in over 37 states every year becaise of the whole travel/work thing. Alas, when he works in states with no income tax, the excess goes back onto the home state. Wheeee.

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Tennessee doesn't have a state income tax. When I moved to Illinois from TN, IL ended up charging me IL state income tax on the income I made in TN before moving. Their "reasoning" was that I hadn't been charged income tax on it, so it was free game to them. I was very displeased.

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Some of the patterns are WACKY, but some are really good.

Totally! I love checking the site every day because even if its a pattern I would NEVER use, they're fun to laugh at.

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Can I make it 3 in a row?? (eta: Yes! Yes, I can!)

I have class tonight and I am so over it. I so don't want to go. But, I only have 3 more (including tonight) before finals. Yay!! Almost done with it!!

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Spent over 3 hours in the doctor's office today to get my iron and see the hemotologist. Gah - shouldn't have been over 90 minutes.

My hemoglobin is just barely inside the normal range again. He wants to continue the IV's to "fill the tank". Ooooooh, fun. My veins have taken to playing hide and seek lately - I think they are smarter than we give them credit.

All in all - I feel much better than I did in January. Buzzing around last Friday would have whipped me beforehand while it barely pinged my radar now.

For anyone with unexplained fatigue - ask your doc to check your iron levels. It has done wonders so far for me.

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In our case of city taxes, we have to pay based on residence--even though DH's job pays into a different municipality which we do not get back. They apply it to our city tax but we do have to pay substantially more.

Do you have city income taxes too Cashmere, or are you talking about property tax? And what is this school tax?

Cindy, I also think that work travel is tax deductible but not commuting expenses--so that sucks.

Right. Not to mention, does he take our brand-new, less economical, more reliable mini-van for the 80 mile daily roundtrip, leaving me cramming three kids into the Toyota, or does he risk driving the more economical Toyota, that's a 1991. Ugh. The move officially happens tomorrow (but he took tomorrow as a vacation day and has Friday off). He found out about it a week ago, which was approximately one month after he had to pack up and move over one row, in his Boston office. Craxy.

A lot of cities have considered things like commuter taxes to solve this problem, maybe Boston was successful?

Well, it's not a Boston tax. It's state income tax (and we don't live in the city of Boston, either way), so I don't think so.

It's a big issue, actually, with people earning money in the cities but not contributing to the tax base, and thus any of the infrastructure/services they use, because they go back to their homes in the suburbs or neighboring states.

I think Boston handles this other ways (tolls, etc.) but you're right, it is a big issue.

I do hope this works out your way, though, especially since I'm given to understand that there in the Soviet Republic of Taxachusetts (isn't that the neocon line?) you pay some pretty hefty ones.

We've only ever lived here, so you know, you get used to it. I crack up though, because every year, they tax you at the base rate, and then ask if you want to pay the higher rate (that was in effect before one of our recently Republican governors lowered it). Um? No. I don't believe that much in any cause that I can't support in a more direct way (like giving directly to a charity that helps people I'm concerned about, who've lost services).

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I'm so glad the treatment's working, Suzi!

Adjustment ~ma for the new commute, Cindy. I hope the tax thing works out in your favor. I know DH's withholding is now CA rather than LA, but I don't know the reasoning behind it.

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