Every year you stay in a high-tax state, you pay a premium for the privilege. This estimates that premium against South Carolina or North Carolina, line by line, using 2026 rates. Most households have never seen the number written down.
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These figures are estimates for educational purposes only. The model uses simplified marginal and effective rates for 2026, ignores federal interactions, deductions, credits, local levies, AMT, and the hundred other things that make your return yours. South Carolina figures reflect H.4216, signed March 30, 2026, under which rates step down automatically. Property tax rates are countywide effective averages, not quotes. Nothing on this page constitutes tax advice. Run the real numbers with your CPA before you load the truck.