Tax

Tax information.

How Do They Compute Your Property Taxes? Part 2

Making the Formulas Work for You
It’s good to know this simple formula.  With a little snooping around, you can find out these variables that go into your property taxes so you can know what you should be paying or expect to pay on a new home purchase.  Find out what the assessed value of your

How Do They Compute Your Property Taxes? Part 1

The first step of getting control over any situation is to know what you are up against.  There is an old phrase that goes, “knowledge is power”.  When it comes the working with the government and making progress to see real change in how your taxes are computed, knowledge is absolutely necessary.  You need to

Getting Some Control Over Your Property Taxes Part 2

It’s a tough situation for city and county officials.  With foreclosures through the roof, the amount being collected to pay for services is way down.  Because the credit system is virtually paralyzed, not very many houses are being sold which means the fees the government collects from sales is down too.  Sales tax is falling

Getting Some Control Over Your Property Taxes Part 1

Property taxes give us all mixed feelings.  We like what they do because property taxes enable the city to repair the roads, run the schools and take care of local affairs that are important to everyone.  But we hate to pay them because taxes by nature are a pain in the rump even if they