Comments on: Financial Impact of Moving from New Jersey to Virginia

By: walkinwood

walkinwood — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:05:20 +0000

What about property taxes in NJ?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:33:34 +0000

In Manassas at the Manassas Mall in the back a new super Wal-Mart will be opening soon and you have Costco right down the street and the other option of Shopper’s Food Warehouse… So you get to come to the Battlefield and shop, and then make a day of it.. I am sorry that I can’t find what town you made your home? Manassas is 14 miles outside of Vienna.. Are you there?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 13:38:22 +0000

Regarding the credit card charges, $19/month savings.

Sometimes you have to look at the overall benefits. If the day care is just a small mom/pop shop, a lot of times, I would use check/cash. You might have save $19/month but they are paying $50/month++ extra in fees.

By: SavingEverything

SavingEverything — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:19:06 +0000

You can also check out the area for closeby(?) Food Lion, Trader Joes, WholeFoods, and Safeway, in addition to Wegman’s. I’ve found Wegman’s in NY, PA, and NJ to be more expensive than others. For Giant, they should be familiar to you: it’s the same company as StopandShop, which was found in MA and branched out to CT, NH, NY, and NJ (merged with Giant in 2004). How close to MD are you and how far do you like to drive? You can consider The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company’s SuperFresh, has 12 stores in MD (though i think they’re mostly northern MD). You can also consider Costco’s, Walmart Supermarkets (which include grocery stores). Is it true that: “fresh local produce sold at farmers markets and grocery stores, or basic, unprepared cold grocery foods, are taxed 2.5%”, includes local tax???

The other factor you may have to consider is the fees involved to change over titles, registrations, and drivers licenses. It may be expensive in VA, compared to keeping your out-of-state license ’til expires. But, you’ll have to switch over based on VA’s rules. Also, do you have to pay a fee for car emissions inspection and regular car inspection per year?? per 2 years?? NJ it was free, right? Also, is the car tax or auto excise tax a 1-shot tax or is it like Massachussetts where they have an auto excise tax that residents pay to their towns every year??

For State Income Taxes? Is there a City or County Income tax as well for people who both work and reside in VA? (MD has this. And, several cities have this like NYC, Philadelphia, to name a few.) Is there same deductions allowed in VA vs NJ?
Enjoy your new home; and remember, if you ever visit NJ, PA, CT, MA, NH, that I believe these states do not tax your clothing purchases… and think Delaware and New Hampshire as the place to make your big purchases for sales tax savings. But, then again, we’re required to umm put that on our income tax.

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:38:46 +0000

Seconded on Wegmans. Better quality and lower prices (if you can resist the dangerously tempting prepared foods area).