Thankful, but depressed and pissed

[deamonpi]

You guys are forgetting that "taxing" doesn't only come in the forms you mentioned.  There is also mandatory increases in expense.  Such as Minnesota has a 10% rule - all building projects have to have 10% of their budget go to aesthetic purposes.  So a new building has to put in a tile floor with a pretty design motif throughout, or any such thing.  I'm sure you guys in other states have something like that.

added just to piss you off some more.

[tombogan03884]

Some of the towns around here are adding a "View Tax" to the Property values. One person wrote to the local paper because his tax bill nearly doubled because he has a view of a mountain . His valuation went from $180,000 to $300,000.

[MikeBjerum]

We battle an issue here with our local municipal utility.  Since we are city owned and operated there are no property taxes paid on any infrastructure.  Our city council has learned that it can take money from the utility coffers to fund their opperations.  Our position as a Utility Commission is that this is taxation of citizens through their utility usage.  The city council shrugs if off with lots of lame reasons, but it all comes down to being the only way they can raise revenue with the levy limits the state has imposed.  In a town of 2,100 with about 1,200 meters (12k each water and electric) the city is taking about $140,000 or an average of $117 per customer in what I call tax per year.

Our son and his wife have seen their water bill go through the ceiling in their south central Kansas community lately.  As we talked I explained to him that it sounds like the city has rolled some bonding into the utilities, and now they have had to raise their charges to pay the debt

We have all kinds of controls and oversight, supposedly, on private business, but who oversees and keeps governement in check.

[twyacht]

Pissed:

My TRIM, sheet, which is the county assessed value of my house went DOWN 15%.

REALLY Pissed:

Coral Springs RAISED Property Taxes 15%

County NO tax increases, City Yes.  

Yes I have a Democrat Majority City Council.

Same logic that has Bloomberg wanting the "millionaires tax" in NYC, even though the "millionaires" will just go to CT, or another neighboring state.

Maryland tried it, and revenue went down, due to rich residents LEAVING for Va. Pa. etc,....


DUH!!!

[MikeBjerum]

Pissed:

My TRIM, sheet, which is the county assessed value of my house went DOWN 15%.

REALLY Pissed:

Coral Springs RAISED Property Taxes 15%

County NO tax increases, City Yes.  

Yes I have a Democrat Majority City Council.

Same logic that has Bloomberg wanting the "millionaires tax" in NYC, even though the "millionaires" will just go to CT, or another neighboring state.

Maryland tried it, and revenue went down, due to rich residents LEAVING for Va. Pa. etc,....


DUH!!!

I love it when these smarties think they are going to out fox millionaires.  Most millionaires are good at making and saving money.  Hence, the reason they are millionaires.  One of the side benefits of having millions is that you have multiple houses around the country for various reasons.  As good a reason as any is that you can change your residence by simply claiming that as your residence and filing as such.  In Minnesota all you need to do to change residence from one home to another (assuming you own multiple) is sleep there on New Year's Eve.  That is how they determine "homestead" status for taxation.

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