Each city profiled in the current issue of "Where to Retire" magazine is cited as a "low tax burden" on retirees.
This comes as no surprise to Gainesville Mayor Myrtle Figueras.
"I believe this publication is just telling the truth about what we already know," Figueras said Wednesday.
"Where to Retire" bills itself as the only magazine in the country geared to helping people with retirement relocation decisions.
In the January/February 2008 issue, it profiles eight towns that have a low tax burned on retirees. These towns are taken from "Where to Retire's" new edition of "America's Best Low-Tax Retirement Towns, a new book due out late this month that compares tax impact for retirees in more than 200 cities in all 50 states.
The book takes into account all taxes... including state income tax, sales tax and property tax. In the article about low-tax, the tax burden for each of the eight locales is provided for a hypothetical retired couple with an annual income of $60,000 and a home value of $225,000.
In addition to Gainesville, the towns that are featured are Easton, Maryland; Oxford, Mississippi; Fairhope, Alabama; Staunton, Virginia; petoskey, Michigan; Ashland, Oregon; and, Kalispell, Montana.
In commenting on each one in specific, "Where to Retire" editor Mary Lou Abbott, said Gainesville "offers residents a below average cost of living, high-quality health care, four mild seasons and a retirement income tax exemption."
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