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Great maps. I'm curious if anyone has information about the tax plan in question. It seems decidedly regressive. For instance, the taxes on this dump (http:/

Great maps. I'm curious if anyone has information about the tax plan in question. It seems decidedly regressive. For instance, the taxes on this dump (http://goo.gl/maps/Fm3sT http://goo.gl/maps/Fm3sT) are going up to $1230, while the taxes on this place (http://goo.gl/maps/ubtzA http://goo.gl/maps/ubtzA) will be $10743, even though the latter place's assessed value is 50x higher.

pselle 14y ago
The impetus behind the AVI is to "value at market rate" -- the idea is that by updating the valuations, they'll eliminate the unintentional tax break/overcharge some people were getting. A funny thing about gmaps and Philly -- Philly's changing so fast that that 'dump' is probably a new renovation by now. The building I live in now still appears on Gmaps in its unrenovated state.
- thrownaway2424 14y ago
  Regardless of whether it remains a dump or doesn't, the reported valuation of the dump for 2014, according to the linked application, is $92k, while the nice place has a valuation over $5m. So the dump is paying over 1% while the mansion is paying .2%
sc68cal 14y ago
Philadelphia City Paper's Isaiah Thompson has been covering it for quite some time. A quick summary: The Nutter administration is asking the city's legislative body to pass its Actual Value Initiative (AVI), which would base property taxes on a city-wide reassessment that is supposed to fix years of screwy property values across the city. Many residents would wind up with a lower property tax bill, but many – including longtime residents of more affluent neighborhoods – will pay more, in some cases much more. http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity/Behind-the-curtains-of-AVI-.html http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity/Behind-the-curtains... http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity?search=y&searchKeywords=AVI http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity?search=y&search...

pselle 14y ago

The impetus behind the AVI is to "value at market rate" -- the idea is that by updating the valuations, they'll eliminate the unintentional tax break/overcharge some people were getting. A funny thing about gmaps and Philly -- Philly's changing so fast that that 'dump' is probably a new renovation by now. The building I live in now still appears on Gmaps in its unrenovated state.

thrownaway2424 14y ago
Regardless of whether it remains a dump or doesn't, the reported valuation of the dump for 2014, according to the linked application, is $92k, while the nice place has a valuation over $5m. So the dump is paying over 1% while the mansion is paying .2%

sc68cal 14y ago

Philadelphia City Paper's Isaiah Thompson has been covering it for quite some time. A quick summary: The Nutter administration is asking the city's legislative body to pass its Actual Value Initiative (AVI), which would base property taxes on a city-wide reassessment that is supposed to fix years of screwy property values across the city. Many residents would wind up with a lower property tax bill, but many – including longtime residents of more affluent neighborhoods – will pay more, in some cases much more. http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity/Behind-the-curtains-of-AVI-.html http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity/Behind-the-curtains... http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity?search=y&searchKeywords=AVI http://www.citypaper.net/blogs/nakedcity?search=y&search...