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mmmmyah t1_ito3w1g wrote

Unfortunately most of JC property owners have been assessed roughly 32% more property tax as compared to last year

2021 - total tax rate = 1.6% (city rate 0.60% + school rate 0.60% + county rate 0.43%)

2022 - total tax rate jumped 32% = 2.11% (city rate 0.82% + school rate 0.86% + county rate 0.43%)

For 2022 the city tax rate went up ~37%, the school tax rate went up ~43%, county tax rate stayed the same.

They only assessed the higher rate in Q3 and Q4 that's why you're seeing the bigger property tax bill now.

See the following articles for actual budget data and references and questions to ask your local representatives:

https://civicparent.org/property-taxes/

See the articles above re: what drove the tax increase.

A big thank you to Professor D'Souza CPA from St Peters for this public service website.

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SonOfMcGee t1_ito7126 wrote

The school increase was known early enough to spread it out over Q3 and Q4. The city increase just finalized so it all has to be crammed into Q4 (which was already going to be pumped up with half the school increase).
The new bill amounts just dropped and my 2022Q4 is just under double my Q1 and Q2. This is after a roughly 33% increase in Q3. I’m fortunate to have a healthy escrow account, but a bunch of people are simply not going to be able to pay. It’s like a landlord telling you at the end of October that Oct/Nov/Dec rent is $800 more.

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mmmmyah t1_ito8l5y wrote

I agree - same here.. given the bureacracies between county city and school governing organizations it would take a minor miracle to have them all coordinate any changes to the start of the calendar year rather than this retroactive nonsense.

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