Our State has a property tax in addition to real estate tax. Which sounds bad and is certainly offensive but in the end our total tax burden is one of the lowest in the Country. Example you buy a new counter top and pay tax on it at the granite store, as soon as you install it you pay tax on it again as personal property. Just like our vehicles, pay tax when you buy it then pay personal property tax when you plate it. Again still super low price but it is an antiquated system at best. Not many states left doing it this way.