Posted by PJH on May 29, 2012 at 08:42:19 from (50.40.235.16):
In Reply to: OT/fighting city hall posted by Nancy Howell on May 29, 2012 at 08:03:53:
Good luck Nancy. It could be just a fishing expedition on their part. They jumped ours by 700% a few years ago, and I met with them and calmly argued my side with the end result being the taxes were lowered to a level that was less than what they were in the beginning. I used the word "calmly" - some of my friends did not argue calmly, and the results were not positive, in fact, the police were called in one instance because the folks in the office were "fearful" of my friend's behavior. When I was there, I felt that the people that I dealt with in the tax office were purposly baiting me to make me lose my cool, but I've been in arguments with meaner people than that and I didn't take the bait.
The first thing that they will ask you for is a copy of the insurance policy on the house. Sometimes that in itself is enough to make a person turn tail, but your arguement can be that the policy is for the cost of replacing the structure, NOT what you think it's worth.
I told them to feel free to raise my taxes every time they raise Social Security, and for the same percentage, and they'll never hear a complaint from me.
They just rolled their eyes. . .
I think real estate taxes should be abolished and made into an income tax. That way, the home you worked hard for all your life would still be affordable when you retire. And it would be predictable. Plus - if the economy goes south, the county is forced to bite the bullet too. You can move out of the county, but they don't care because they know the house ain't going anywhere.
The present system is left over from when you'd trade a live chicken for a sack of beans.
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