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Well, it’s probably not what OP was talking about, but in California, thanks to Prop 13 people will deliberately not improve their home so they can continue to
by cammikebrown 6y ago
Well, it’s probably not what OP was talking about, but in California, thanks to Prop 13 people will deliberately not improve their home so they can continue to pay low property taxes, since they only go up a certain amount a year. Lots of long-time homeowners are paying ridiculously low property taxes, shifting the burden to new homeowners.
- kingsuper20 6y ago..or you simply don't pull a permit. 'Round these parts, it's more common than not to simply avoid getting the county involved when possible, although I don't doubt the building department uses satellite data to catch the more outrageous avoidance. You do have to wonder why your taxes go up if it were based simply on assessed value. Should the total .gov take go up simply because property values increased? I'd be more attracted to the idea if you took the government budget and parceled it up based on your property's comparative value. For one thing, people would keep a lot closer eye on expenditures than they do given a system where the tax never changes (or slowly increases over time).