Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)
I wonder what party they voted for?
Skid row property values have increased 100k plus in many locations
Colorado should have something like Prop 13 in California. It limits property taxes.
It is not a mistake.
They want to justify squeezing more money out of you.
Never assume that the government at any level is mostly benevolent. Always treat their actions as hostile and respond accordingly. Or you end up being crunched up in the maw of the machine because they will never admit that they are wrong unless forced to do so.
Wait till they see what their home owner’s insurance rates jump to now.
Someone I know who studied tax law said the cruelest tax of all is property tax, because you essentially rent your own property and can be evicted for not paying rent.
This person is not from the United States; I doubt that would be taught here.
Unrealized property price gains are fictional and should not be taxable. The idea is to force people to give up their property and make us all renters, like the migrants. “They” call that equity.
Only people who run the government deserve to have homes.
mine saw a 20% increase. I have done no improvements in the last year. there are multiple houses in my neighborhood that were sold in the last 2 years to flippers who gutted remodeled and sold at twice or more what they paid for the house-350-425k range. The dumb bass assessor we have assumes all the houses in the neighborhood are worth that, and smelling new revenue, raised everyone a good bit. I filed my usual protest. Even remodeled, the homes are not worth that and have been bought by “out of staters” who dont know better.
Good. People deserve to be punished. I’m tired of the apathy across the country. My compassion for my fellow man is pretty much exhausted. I reserve what little I have remaining for the people who matter to me the most.
Don’t adjust the values, adjust the rate.
It looks like mine will double next year. However the taxes were $275 for this year. I live in an area where they are building a lot of homes. We’ll see how that shakes out.
I have come to believe that Colorado is Mini- California.
There will never be true freedom or capitalism as long as people cannot own property in America. We only rent from a tyrannical government. Just try not paying your property taxes. They will forcibly confiscate your home and sell it (rent it) to someone else.
This is the next step in private property seizure by a communist government.
Assessed values are only part of what can be a very complicated equation. The variables include whether all properties are being assessed by the same standard (i.e., full market value); the number and types of properties that have been added to or removed from the tax rolls from the previous year; and government spending. There have been years when my real property taxes have gone down even though the assessed full market value of my house has gone up.
Local government leaders changed the rules a few years ago, in many locals, and change property values every year, in other words raise taxes. btw, the property value only increases and never decreases in these locals. Voting the criminals out also never causes the property values to decrease. The Citizens have no say on the unelected officials pushing for increased property values
Truth is, in many locals, unelected officials are determining how much Citizens pay in property taxes. Voting people out makes no difference. Unelected officials are calling the shots in many locations on property taxes