Posted on 05/16/2025 10:28:17 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Our town is on a cycle to reassess every home at least every five years. Mine was done at the beginning of the last cycle. About 20% of the town was assessed 18 months ago—right at the peak of the market. I know my house has dropped about 15% or so from the high. The pooor bastards that had their homes assessed at the peak are at least 15% too high. In some high end cases, they are over about 20%.
Same thing here. We protested ours after the mortgage melt down reduced real property values down, but the state's assessment didn't go down. So we had an appraise and it reduced our property tax some, but not worth all the hassle.
On the fifth year I sat with the appraisal representative in his cubicle. When he went to get a printout and I examined the screen on his PC. I noticed a screen field that set the my property's "adjustment value" (best name I can remember).
When he returned I asked him about that field. He explained it allowed him to easily make an adjustment to the appraised value for my property. Its values were High, Medium and Low.
I noticed it was set to High and asked him why. He explained that in the beginning of every tax year, the software sets this value to High for all properties as a default. I was surprised at his honesty.
After my presentation to him on why my property was being overvalued, he changed that value to Medium and the system lowered my appraised value quite considerably.
I won lower property appraisals with this knowledge every year for the next 4 years.
Where did you get that? I never voted for any tax.
In fact, I don’t know anyone who voted for paying taxes on homes they own.
“Where did you get that? I never voted for any tax.”
Around here in Ohio, they get money for public uses from property tax. An assessment is made of the value of the property. Then a levy is proposed for schools, or bridges, or roads, or whatever. The levy language will say something like the tax will be 1 mill, or whatever, for every $100 of the assessed value of the property, for a period of so many years. Proposed levies are then put to the voters on election day for approval or disapproval. If the voters approve the levy, property taxes go up unless its a replacement levy. If the voters disapprove the levy taxes don’t go up, and may go down if it was a replacement levy.
Sometimes levies are approved and sometimes not. I have voted for and against depending on the levy and circumstances.
You said you never voted for any tax, did you vote against any?
I Googled “voting for Arizona property tax levies”, and similar things, and it seems like you have some sort of voting on the matter in Arizona, which judging from the flag pic on your home page is where you are. I didn’t look into it all that deeply though.
No it's not. In fact I vote no for most everything they concoct. In places like CA and AZ to an extent, they're shaking people down for more money all the time. This is not complex or a secret.
Lets cut to the chase. You think it's A-OK to charge people to live in homes even after they paid taxes on it for 30 or 40 years, and finally paid off. But they really don't own their homes do they? If they fail to pay government what they deem is their cut, they seize the old folks property.
Fail to pay the king and he sends over his hired guns and muscle. You think this is perfectly A-OK, I think it's criminal.
“Lets cut to the chase.” “You think it’s A-OK to charge people to live in homes even after they paid taxes on it for 30 or 40 years, and finally paid off.”
“You think this is perfectly A-OK,”
I didn’t say any of that. All I did was very roughly describe how the matter is voted on around here.
“Lets cut to the chase.”
Ok. To eliminate property taxes, what’s your counter proposal for funding the things people agree need to be funded for the common good like roads, bridges, fire departments, whatever else property taxes fund? What’s your better idea?
Yikes!
mine is not that bad, but it is bad enough that I may not get to retire
property tax is criminal because it punishes the disciplined and productive citizens
Yes ...you DID vote for taxes. IF you voted D, you voted for more taxation. IF you voted R, you voted for more taxation. IF you voted at all, you voted for more taxation. “Elections have consequences and then everyone suffers the consequences” applies. Of course if you DON’T vote...
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