Sad reminder

[HighSchool Fan]

don't forget that property taxes are due today to avoid a fine:(

[JasperDog94]

Originally posted by HighSchool Fan
don't forget that property taxes are due today to avoid a fine:( Thanks for the reminder.:mad: :mad: :mad:

[STANG RED]

Thats why I had them included in my house payment. Now it just hurts a little each month, instead of all at once.

[pirate44]

thank goodness for escrow accounts

[sww-bull52]

Originally posted by STANG RED
Thats why I had them included in my house payment. Now it just hurts a little each month, instead of all at once.

Me too. Also my insurance.

[HighSchool Fan]

Originally posted by pirate44
thank goodness for escrow accounts

yep

[STANG RED]

Originally posted by sww-bull52
Me too. Also my insurance.

Yep. That too.

[DaHop72]

Originally posted by STANG RED
Yep. That too.
I used to do that as well. We finished paying our house off in November. Now we get to see the cost of insurance and taxes up close and personal. OUCH!!!!

[JasperDog94]

I think everyone should have to pay it all at once. That way everyone would be so ticked off that maybe we'd get some property tax relief instead of getting hosed by some RINOs (Republican In Name Only). :mad: :mad: :mad:

You'd think I have a mansion. My property taxes are 50% of my mortgage.:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[sww-bull52]

OUCH!!!!!

[JasperDog94]

The local school board got rid of our homestead exemption a few years ago. Funny thing is that our school board president couldn't afford the taxes on his own business, so he went bankrupt. What a turd.:doh:

[DaHop72]

Originally posted by JasperDog94
The local school board got rid of our homestead exemption a few years ago. Funny thing is that our school board president couldn't afford the taxes on his own business, so he went bankrupt. What a turd.:doh:
So, is he still the president of the school board???

[Adidas410s]

My 2nd of 120 student loan payments is due today also...:(

[HighSchool Fan]

property taxes may actually go down next year. with the state finding out that they can't legally collect property taxes for your schools, that might give some relief.

[pirate44]

Originally posted by HighSchool Fan
property taxes may actually go down next year. with the state finding out that they can't legally collect property taxes for your schools, that might give some relief.
do we get reimbursed?

[HighSchool Fan]

Originally posted by pirate44
do we get reimbursed?

that'd be nice, but we are talking about the government

[JasperDog94]

Originally posted by DaHop72
So, is he still the president of the school board??? Well of course he is...:rolleyes: Unfortunately.:(

[JasperDog94]

Originally posted by pirate44
do we get reimbursed? Ha ha ha ha ha ....oh...you were serious?:eek:

They can't be giving out reimbursements when they passed a 19% budget increase over the next two years. :mad:

[lepfan]

Don't get me started on property taxes...living in tax hell it is a sore subject with me. What burns me is each student also has to pay a book fee when enrolling in school up here...:mad: :mad: :mad:

[lostaussie]

:weeping::weeping: paid mine today :weeping::weeping:

[JasperDog94]

Did you hear that parents in one school district are being required to purchase a laptop for their elementary age school children?

Guess the state.
























Come on, take a guess...



































CALIFORNIA :doh:

Come on now. Who was really shocked by this?

[AP Panther Fan]

Originally posted by JasperDog94

CALIFORNIA :doh:

Come on now. Who was really shocked by this?


I wish someone would just slap them back into reality!:mad:

[mrescape43]

I live in the far SW part of Snyder and was in the bank the other day and heard the tax appraiser telling someone that they were going to redo the appraisals on our part of town because they were much too low. Now that really sucks.

[Old Green]

My Taxes and most everyone in cuero's went down about $150.00 dollars. Natural Gas production and Drilling platform's are paying off big time around here.

[JasperDog94]

Well that's not the case in almost every other area of the state. Our appraisals are going up at an average of 9% a year in the greater houston area. It looks nice for the school district to say "We didn't raise taxes". That's a dishonest statement. Taxes went up, you just didn't go up on the rate because you have a built in 9% increase every year.

It's pretty bad when the chief appraiser (Sugarland or Fort Bend - I can't remember which right now) met with the local superintendent who told him that the school district was counting on a 10% increase in property taxes. That chief appraiser went back and told his other appraisers that "We need to take into consideration the needs of our taxing entities when determining the values of our homes".

Hey! Here's an idea. How about appraising the value of homes on what they SHOULD be valued at, not based on the needs of the school district.:foul: :foul: :foul:

[AP Panther Fan]

Good point! As a taxpayer, you have the right once a year to appeal the appraisal district's value...BUT...you would have to pay about $350.00 to get an appraisal from a certified appraiser to go fight them with. And then who knows what the odds are of having them re-assess your value and actually lower it.:mad:

[spiveyrat]

Originally posted by pirate44
do we get reimbursed?

"retro-active" is not in the government's vocabulary. :(