My taxes increased by 61%, which is just plain astronomical. I get paying taxes, and yes I want funded services and all that. But there is something not right when the increase is that high.
Holy Hell...I thought they were capped at like 5% a year or something like that?
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Is it an assessment issue? That is ridiculous. That's simply bad management.
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Holy Hell...I thought they were capped at like 5% a year or something like that?
Well the assessment doesn't look out of line, so it must have been off by a crazy amount last year (not sure where to check that), and of course the usual tax increase for all those new services we've been getting every year.
Well the assessment doesn't look out of line, so it must have been off by a crazy amount last year (not sure where to check that), and of course the usual tax increase for all those new services we've been getting every year.
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Well the assessment doesn't look out of line, so it must have been off by a crazy amount last year (not sure where to check that), and of course the usual tax increase for all those new services we've been getting every year.
Assessment value of my house went down $21,000. Overall annual tax bill is down $90, but monthly payment is up $19 for the last six months of the year.
My taxes increased by 61%, which is just plain astronomical. I get paying taxes, and yes I want funded services and all that. But there is something not right when the increase is that high.
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Is it an assessment issue? That is ridiculous. That's simply bad management.
Ahhh so you've been getting a free ride this whole time eh?
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My taxes increased by 61%, which is just plain astronomical. I get paying taxes, and yes I want funded services and all that. But there is something not right when the increase is that high.
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I wish, but unfortunately I bought this house last year, so I only had a ~6 month free ride!
Was it a brand new build? If so, that is to be expected. Prior to final inspection, the property is assessed based on the land value. 61% almost sounds about right for the increase in value of putting a house on it.
Was it a brand new build? If so, that is to be expected. Prior to final inspection, the property is assessed based on the land value. 61% almost sounds about right for the increase in value of putting a house on it.
Nope, residential and not a new build. I will login when I have my info and see what the figure was last year, but basically there is no way that it didn't jump significantly if everyone else has these much smaller increases.
So has anyone gone through the appeals process? And is there a leg to stand on where I point to my neighbours houses and say "they're literally next door and valued at 25% less than me"? And if I did that is that just going to cause them to get re-rated, in which case they'll hate me?
My commercial property is up 46.5%. That's pretty unfair in my opinion. House was about the same, or close enough that I don't care compared to the commercial property.
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My commercial property is up 46.5%. That's pretty unfair in my opinion. House was about the same, or close enough that I don't care compared to the commercial property.
Is that still part of the transition from reducing business taxes and making it up in property taxes that they have been doing? Or is that over now?
