Vozegro t1_j9td9w0 wrote
Reply to comment by hypotenoos in Tables turn on Allegheny County assessments, as new math favors owners over tax collectors, schools by RadioChris1
Yeah I think it’s funny when people get upset they have to pay taxes they should owe. Funny when they think the government should provide them so much as long as they don’t have to pay for it.
hypotenoos t1_j9thwdl wrote
There is no escaping the property taxes, but I do think it’s wrong to unequally apply those taxes.
The “newcomer tax” is unfair because it’s not uniformly applied and even moreso due to the manipulation of the common level ratio to shift the tax burden to newer owners or newer homes.
murphey_griffon t1_j9uzkii wrote
Had I known about this when moving from out of state, I wouldn't have bought a house in Allegheny county. We got immediately hit by the school for a 36% increase in the house estimate despite all of our neighbors having very similar houses remaining the same just because we bought a house... When we tried to fight it they basically laughed at us. The school districts have layers on payroll just for this. Imagine how much we are paying just for these layers because of an unfair system.
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As a side note, anyone have a recommendation of a layer I could contact to send in an appeal on the east side of town? I don't mind paying the tax, but I do mind that a neighbors house that is bigger costs $1400 less a year because they bought it before me.
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