SonOfMcGee t1_ito7126 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:08 AM

Reply to comment by mmmmyah in Jersey City’s 2022 tax hikes & Q3 and Q4 tax bill flux, explained by Downtown-Prompt-6499

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.

mmmmyah t1_ito8l5y wrote on October 25, 2022 at 2:20 AM

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.