Posted on 10/31/2017 10:03:13 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
You are not allowed to tax the din’t do nuffins.
You know that.
n. Chiefly British
1. A small house.
2. An apartment occupying two or more floors of a larger building and often having its own entrance from outside."
Whattabout very steep/cliff land?
Land (over)run by Turkeys, Hawks, Deer, Bobcats and Mountain Lions?
or move to southern Missouri...way low here.... unreal low here
Property owners will find ways to beat this just like the French did when they invented the “mansard” roof. France taxed by # of floors, not counting attics above the roofline. Answer? Lower the roofline on upper floors. One could write a book about clever schemes such as this.
Your first mistake: Assuming that you OWN the property that you live on.
Your second mistake: You paid somebody for property to live on, that they did not own themselves.
And finally: You paid money, with interest, to a financial institution for property that they do not hold absolute title to.
All it takes is not paying property taxes (government rent) for a year or so, to allow the government to reclaim THEIR property, and to kick YOU off of THEIR land.
Property taxes are evil. You only rent your property to the government. Don’t pay your taxes and see who comes and gets it...
“$L per acre of raw or improved land suitable for building within 1,000 feet of a sewer line, in an area without zoning & not built up “
Closest boundary, furtherest boundary, average or center of property?
Way too complicated.
Property tax is nothing more than a protection racket.
I don't pay for water based on an ‘average’ of all citizens INCLUDING those who leave their outdoors hoses running because “who wants to go out and turn the hose off...”
I don't pay an ‘average’ on my power bill with people who leave the windows open when the AC is on because they like fresh air...
We each pay for what we use.
So why do I have to pay for police protection that's primarily used in the black community (IN EVERY CITY THAT HAS A BLACK COMMUNITY)...
How can you make that fair?
(Oh, and I wouldn't object if they appreciated the ‘tax gift’ from the rest of us - all the other racial groups that don't require babysitting - but they don't. The black community ‘gives the knee’ for our effort.... Isn't it time they pay for their own police protection? And we pay for ours? It would go a long way for stopping resentment on all sides... )
Wealth tax. Mostly borne by the industrious and long term planners.
Renters are not the ones being taxed, it's the landlords who actually own the property and are taxed. Do you think renters would want a tax deduction? That would mean they would pay more then the deduction, for something that they gain no value except for a structure over their head, that also increases their monthly costs for that structure.
If renters desire a real property deduction, then they must become property owners. Just as they get a deduction for the car they own when it comes to real property taxation.
Fortunately I am exempt from property taxes per Louisiana law that limits the value of a property subject to taxation. Which is exactly why I chose the property that I chose.
Keep the feds out of property taxes - state is more than enough...
> Property taxes are evil. You only rent your property to the government. Don’t pay your taxes and see who comes and gets it... <
Well said. There has got to be another way. Maybe states should just eliminate property taxes, and add whatever percentage is needed to the state’s sales tax (and/or income tax). Keep it simple.
Measurement systems distort the system they are trying to measure.
It’s a fact. One can look it up.
Life is complicated.
Wealth taxes are complicated.
> Property owners will find ways to beat this... <
Right you are, Chauncey. Three bedroom apartments ($3L) would all of a sudden become one bedroom apartments ($1L) with a storage room and a den.
“How can you make that fair?”
You can’t, but you can make things fairer.
One group might get much more police protection, but that same group might have half of its members dropping out of high school.
I’ve tried to make things quite fair and fairly simple.
You may think market value is simple, but my house has never been sold in its 39 years.
The county assessed my neighbors’ house as if it was in an exclusive subdivision a few years ago.
There are two houses for sale on my street. The asking prices are about $30,000 to $50,000 too high.
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