Holy cow! My property tax went up 36% in one year! Anyone know how to successfully appeal this looting?

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...Tracy

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Did it a few years ago. Most of the success I had was due to their errors concerning sq. footage, finished vs. unfinished basement and imaginary rooms. I would definatly research the taxing bodys rules concerning what can be used to demonstrate property value... I did not and the other property assesments comparable to what I was seeking that I gathered (based on sq. footage and being within a mile of my home) were not reviewable. In my county you cannot use the assesed value of other properties to demonstrate your own. If there were a next time, I would read a lot more before preparing my case.

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I'm a Realtor in Oak Park, IL. We have high taxes (really, really high) and are re-assesed in Cook County every three years. My advice to my clients: call an attorney to do the protest. The money you save in property taxes will far outweigh the attorney costs. I do not consider this is a DIY process.

Make sure the details are accurate....find out what your neighbors are paying......unfortunately if theirs went up the same you are SOL......welcome to the world of ludacris tax increaces.....Mine has gone up 300% in the last 7 years. And so has everyone elses.


A264172 Go to the Courthouse......taxes are a matter of public record....My mother did that in Fayette county....it should be the same in Alleganey, Butler, Westmoreland or Washington Counties depending on which you live in....

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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Great balls of fire! I'd spontaneously evacuate my bowel if I got a bill like that!

Some states have laws protecting owners from such large annual increases, guess yours doesn't. 'round here we have the limit on change per year plus abou $100K homestead excemption--don't pay taxes on the first $100K.

I guess I'd take pictures of nearby shot-up pickup trucks, beer bottles and methamphetamine labs to prove how bad a neighborhood you life in. Plus you get attacked by herds of marauding elk, let us not forget.

I think you're gonna get a reaming. Psssst, Libertarians all got screwed-over before they became libertarians. It's a12 step political lifestyle.

No doubt the tax RATE didn't go up (remember those Eyman property tax initiatives?), rather the property values surrounding Tracy's home have gone up due to market forces and the price inflation tacked on by Real Estate agent's 3-7% commission rates. Market forces and profit...aren't those very rightwing libertarian concepts?

Right Wingers would adjust the tax rate downward to compensate.....Left wingers would adjust it upward to take even more out of your pocket.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

The last time someone complained to the county commissioners everybodies taxes went up to meet the complainers. We almost gave the complainer a sack party.

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When was your last assessment? If you haven't had an increase or the increases were small you may be ahead of the tax game.