Sean Hannity instructed listeners on his radio present on Tuesday that he’s relocated to Florida, citing New York’s tax charges as a significant cause for the transfer.
“We at the moment are starting our first broadcast from my new residence, and that’s within the free state of Florida,” Hannity mentioned on his iHeartRadio present. “I’m out. I’m carried out. I’m completed in New York.”
The Fox Information host mentioned that “lastly for the primary time that I can consider in my grownup life, I even have representatives within the state that I’m residing in that share my values.” He named the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, and its two Republican senators.
Florida has no state earnings tax. New York’s state tax on incomes above $5 million reaches 10.3%.
“This migration out of blue states with excessive taxes, burdensome regulation, excessive crime, horrible faculty districts is actual,” Hannity mentioned.
The tax scenario in New York and different massive states was exacerbated by the 2017 tax regulation, a signature piece of laws signed by President Donald Trump, who additionally switched his residency to Florida. The 2017 invoice put limits on the quantity of state and native taxes that taxpayers can deduct on their federal returns.
Hannity has typically railed towards Democratic governors of main blue-states. He moderated a current debate between California Governor Gavin Newsom and DeSantis, however nearly all the questions have been negatives aimed on the Golden State.
On his radio present, Hannity additionally talked about the likelihood that residents in California and New York can pay reparations. “It gained’t be impactful to me,” he mentioned.
