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The dangers of opening the mail

I opened my property tax statement for 2011. Our taxes are going up $50/month! That's 17% in one year.

Ours go up 13.7%, at least here. I haven't see the other news yet.

K.

Also, our assessed value is way more than I think we'll get for the house when we sell it.

I wonder if we can sue for part of our taxes back when we actually sell, on the theory that we've just proved that the house was never worth what the county claimed it was.

B

I don't think so, but you can appeal the assessment. We actually did that one year and successfully got the assessed value lowered substantially. Of course if you get your assessed market value lowered that pretty much guarantees that you won't be able to sell for a higher price than that.

Ours go up 16.5%. I'm too afraid to calculate how much more a month that will be...

Mine goes up at least 13%. I'd pay more, if they'd keep the libraries open on Mondays, and mowed the parks more often.

Will it?

B

After nearly doubling in the last two or three years, my property taxes are going down 26%. Go fig.

I noted with bemusement that the assessed value of our house went down, but the taxes went up by 8.2%. Thanks, Pawlenty, you bastard.

P.

Yes, indeed. "No new taxes" is a marvelous thing, isn't it? Funny how the bills still need to be paid somehow. Fortunately we have those "old taxes" to fall back on.

17.5% here.

I'm really curious how the lawsuit will play out.

What lawsuit?

This one:

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/11/19/lawsuit-minneapolis-homevalues/

http://www.startribune.com/local/109090004.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Property_Tax_Lawsuit

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