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To: george76

I’ve advocated for property taxation by the square root of enclosed square footage.

A 900sf apartment would pay 60% of the property tax of a 2500sf house.

As well as being fairer, there would be no need for annual reassessments of market value, saving greatly on administrative costs.


9 posted on 04/12/2023 7:52:52 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Under square foot square root property taxation governments would no longer profit by making housing expensive.


10 posted on 04/12/2023 7:55:26 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

The value of the dirt underneath the building goes into the valuation also. Dirt values vary depending on location, location, location.

I also suppose you have a mish-mash of state laws that govern county revaluations. In NC, counties are required to revalue at least once every eight years. Depending on the run-up in property prices, the county might revalue twice over the eight years or just once. I actually remember CharMeck canceling a property revaluation because they said it wasn’t worth it! Hallelujah!


15 posted on 04/12/2023 8:31:33 AM PDT by moovova ("The NEXT election is the most important election of our lifetimes!“ LOL...)
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