How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
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Re: How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
As pointed out, you don't pay property tax. The landlord will do that. And sometimes water is not included in the rental agreement. It is always good to negotiate it.
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Re: How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
Originally Posted by THFC1
... There is no road tax to pay but you will have to pay tolls on certain roads (Parkway and Turnpike) depending on your route to work.
I would recommend that you negoitate for at least 2 months of car rental in your package. It takes a while to get your SS# which you need to get a NJ driving licence. Without one it is difficult/expensive to get insurance.
I would recommend that you negoitate for at least 2 months of car rental in your package. It takes a while to get your SS# which you need to get a NJ driving licence. Without one it is difficult/expensive to get insurance.
Lucky git.
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Re: How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
Originally Posted by Bob
You don't have to register your car/plates every year and get it inspected in NJ?
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Originally Posted by THFC1
You do have to register every year which is around $40 I think. The inspection is every 2 years but is free if you go to the state inspection center.
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Originally Posted by fatbrit
These above could be fully tax deductible PROVIDED your company runs a suitable scheme for it. Ask the HR department, since it's a considerable chunk...
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Re: How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
Originally Posted by dbj1000
As I understand it, both parents need to be either working or actively seeking employment in order to claim childcare as a deductible. Certainly I was under the impression that it wasn't possible if one parent was on a non-work visa such as an H4. It's probably different on an L4, where the trailing spouse can at least claim to be looking for work.
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Re: How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
Guys,
thanks again for all your contributions on this thread. The company has a habit of moving people around every 2-3 years but that's not set in stone. If my company enter me under a temporary visa and I end up staying longer, can it be problematic obtaining a LPR ?
thanks again for all your contributions on this thread. The company has a habit of moving people around every 2-3 years but that's not set in stone. If my company enter me under a temporary visa and I end up staying longer, can it be problematic obtaining a LPR ?
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Re: How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
Originally Posted by kwakasmith
Guys,
thanks again for all your contributions on this thread. The company has a habit of moving people around every 2-3 years but that's not set in stone. If my company enter me under a temporary visa and I end up staying longer, can it be problematic obtaining a LPR ?
thanks again for all your contributions on this thread. The company has a habit of moving people around every 2-3 years but that's not set in stone. If my company enter me under a temporary visa and I end up staying longer, can it be problematic obtaining a LPR ?
Best to start the process asap, just in case.
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Originally Posted by Big D
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Originally Posted by dbj1000
As I understand it, both parents need to be either working or actively seeking employment in order to claim childcare as a deductible. Certainly I was under the impression that it wasn't possible if one parent was on a non-work visa such as an H4. It's probably different on an L4, where the trailing spouse can at least claim to be looking for work.
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Re: How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
Originally Posted by dbj1000
Hey, it's still Xmas in my head, OK?
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Re: How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
Originally Posted by dbj1000
I certainly wish AIG had been doing this when we came over (or perhaps they were?). We really did pay around $3000 to Progressive for the first six months for two cars, due to our lack of US driving record - we were treated us particularly untrustworthy first-time-driver teenagers! It wasn't until we'd been here a year and had TX licenses that the cost came down dramatically (we now pay $730 for the same two cars for six months).
As for Jumping Dorris' experience of huge cellphone deposit payments - our answer was to use Virgin Mobile prepaid. So long as you have a credit card they don't require any down payment at all... but the phones actually cost money and are crappy, and yet again you'll be treated as if you're a teenager, since only teens could possibly not have a credit history, right? My cellphone came with a fixed selection of polyphonic ringtones, not one of which was suitable for anyone over 19!
As for Jumping Dorris' experience of huge cellphone deposit payments - our answer was to use Virgin Mobile prepaid. So long as you have a credit card they don't require any down payment at all... but the phones actually cost money and are crappy, and yet again you'll be treated as if you're a teenager, since only teens could possibly not have a credit history, right? My cellphone came with a fixed selection of polyphonic ringtones, not one of which was suitable for anyone over 19!
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Re: How much will living in New Jersey cost me ?
Originally Posted by dbj1000
I know that the price of living varies wildly across the US, but it's fair to say that anywhere you go a salary of >$100,000 is pretty damed high.
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Thanks Eskimo. This looks like it could save a great deal of messing about.
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Originally Posted by Eskimo
you'd be ****ed in LA on 100k