Posted on 12/07/2015 4:00:33 PM PST by Perdogg
I closed on my house on July 1st, 2015. At the time of closing I paid some taxes, but I paid my property taxes through my escrow account.
I got a bill from Fairfax Co for half of year taxes. I don't think I would be taxed for the time I did not live in my House, correct?
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Hate to break it to you, but Marylander communists now run Fairfax County.
So I am required to pay taxes for the time I did not live in my House?
The property accres taxes whether it is lived in or not. If the property is in your name then you must pay the taxes. They will start collections procedures if you do not pay. If the property was in your name you do owe those taxes.
But didn’t the people who live it in before I did already pay those taxes?
The county bent me over and abused me that year. The next year was much more reasonable.
/johnny
I think you owe it. You pay taxes in arrears. When you bought the house, the previous owners paid you for their share of taxes used (accrued). Now, you pay the whole amount, including the time you didn’t live there.
Check your closing statement to see if you were given a credit from buyer.
I paid twice this year, Once at Closing and Once back in October.
Off topic = I have been to the National Firearms Museum in Fairfax. Nice town.
No I wasn’t in fact I had to pay about $2000.
I left Northern Virginia 5 years ago and never looked back. Yes my current salary isn’t what it used to be....but instead of a 1/4 acre I have 140 and a fraction of the taxes!
Might want to look again on the closing statement. I think you were credited when you closed. Not charged.
And I am assuming the October charges you mention are the ones you have the disagreement with in your original post.
You pay into the escrow in advance of the tax bill. You lived there 1/2 year and got a 1/2 year tax bill.
If your lawyer did tax allocation wrong then your issue is with him, not town..
He said he closed on it 7/1/15, so one would assume he wasn’t the property owner, therefore, not responsible for taxes prior to that date.
“But didn’t the people who live it in before I did already pay those taxes?”
Property taxes are paid in arrears. You pay in December for January-December of that year.
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