holdover
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My sister just told me her taxes are going to jump 11% this year. Can you believe this shit?
11% property tax rise in Amherst NY
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Yes. Yes I can. Time to GTFO if you can. Or, prepare for even more of this BOHICA shit to follow.
Dr. Evil
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This would be my response.
Dear Tax Assessor,
How much of my taxes are going to pay for stuff that people here illegally get? You can go pound salt. You will be getting 11% less then my tax bill.
Sincerely,
Dr. Evil
Dear Tax Assessor,
How much of my taxes are going to pay for stuff that people here illegally get? You can go pound salt. You will be getting 11% less then my tax bill.
Sincerely,
Dr. Evil
jimc
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I wonder how long until the properties are reassessed, compounding the rate.
Saltwater60
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First is it just hers or is it everyone’s that’s going to rise? Is it the name of her house jumping or is it the actual property taxes?
Sounds like it’s across the board.
www.wgrz.com
Sounds like it’s across the board.
Amherst residents are facing a double-digit tax increase
Costs go up for government engaged in high ticket projects and rising interest rates.
www.wgrz.com
First is it just hers or is it everyone’s that’s going to rise? Is it the name of her house jumping or is it the actual property taxes?
Sounds like it’s across the board.
Amherst residents are facing a double-digit tax increase
Costs go up for government engaged in high ticket projects and rising interest rates.
The town has embarked on the conversion of more than 9,000 street lights, which it had to first purchase from National Grid, to LED's at a cost of $33 million.
33 million for less than 10000 bulbs? Do the math. That's more than $3,300 per light bulb. Sounds like 50k toilet seat billing. Time to look into who is getting the contracts because it sounds like some corrupt shit is going on...
Robin
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Gotta pay for those concentration camps.
Robin
Robin
livingston
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I heard on the radio that the value of the average home in the US increased by $100,000 sorry did not catch the time frame .
Deplorable Me
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Elect more democrats.
spat
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$100 for the bulb, $200 for the guy who replaces it. $1000 for the truck and travel for him to do it, and $2000 for the guy who knew what "contributions" were necessary to get the work.
That_FNG
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Amherst is heavily Democrat leaning. I grew up there and couldn’t wait to move to another town. Going to high school there you were looked down on if your parents hadn’t bought you a new Mercedes, bmw or Audi when you turned 16. People there drive like they are in New Jersey. No matter how fast you go it isn’t fast enough and at every red light they have to cut in front of you to be first. Bunch of self centered assholes. They are getting what they voted for. I hope they get a 2 million percent tax increase.
Dr. Evil
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LED lights. At least they are saving the planet.
Acer-m14
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6 rooms here with LED lights . .. i can control them with the Phone too ..
but i was not forced to have them ..
but the only issue is I bet they do not last long in the Gas Oven as a Appliance light ... LOL ..
Acer-m14
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have fun .. pay the increase in pennies .. LOL ..
Mr. terzmo
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Polonczar said the illegals would not cost the County taxpayers anything. So the dems and dummies re-elected him. So if the $$$ for the illegals isn't coming from the County taxes, it Must be coming from State or federal. AND by his deduction, no one in Erie County pays State or federal taxes. And the dems and dummies bought it. If anyone voted democraptic, then live with it and quit bitching.
TEOTWAWKI inc.
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Aren't property taxes capped at 2% in NY?
Mr. terzmo
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I "think" the 2% issue is just tied to the "star rebate program"
TEOTWAWKI inc.
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Saltwater60
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We ignore that more than the constitution.
In all seriousness there is a workaround. What they do is raise the property taxes as much as they can then they adjust the levy. Most people don’t u destined what the tax levy is or that it even exists so they get away with this crap. The tax levy is essentially what the community is required to pay of the operating budget. So what they likely did here is raise taxes 2% and then raised the tax levy 9% leading to the 11% increase in taxes collected. It’s all a scam.
MothMan
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don't forget the 10% for the beech in albany
The assessed value goes up AND the Rate goes up as well...I also find it odd that many new houses and properties come into the area (paying taxes as well) yet the Tax base never decreases...odd, isn't it?
TEOTWAWKI inc.
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There is no fair, honest way to tax property. They can make up whatever arbitrary formula they want because I can physically count the number of dollars they force me to hand over.
Cavalry
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Unless there is more to it that is way too much. I am friends with a guy who owns a company that does LED conversions and has contracts doing a significant amount of the capital district. I want to say it was $900 a fixture and he did like 25K fixtures across a couple cities.
These jobs go out to bid and the power company picks up a significant amount of the cost. Someone got a hell of a contract.
spat
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The fair way to do it is to charge for the various services as if they were a commercial venture.
People will hate that, but it's what's fair.
Some stuff like policewould be based on value of the property. Some like fire would be based on construction, location, or other risk factors.
Roads gets tricky, but that's probably some map based on location combined with vehicle registration.
But, the bottom line is to have transparency, and to have the price based on the cost of services provided.
But, the left hates that, they want it to be based on how evil (rich) you are.
Saltwater60
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I never said anything about fair. All I did is point out the game they play. I’ll bet Tennessee plays the same game but NYS has higher risks to us left behind enemy lines.
Saltwater60
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Just like the EV charging stations for $3,000,000 each or whatever it worked out to be we talked about a while ago. There is more to it and it’s called kickbacks and theft.
TEOTWAWKI inc.
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Tennessee has the same property tax structure as anywhere else, but it's not excessive because the state and local governments seem to be able to operate within their means. No school tax, no state income tax, no tolls, etc., but miraculously still ends up with a budget surplus Y/Y.
I do pay more for water than I did in NY, but that's the breakeven cost for a small utility district that has water towers dotting the countryside, in order to deliver water to practically every home and business in the county. And I can even opt out of that service without penalty if I choose to.
It's pretty remarkable what a marginally responsible government can do. TN and NY are almost polar opposites.
spat
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Yea, Arizona is the same.
Property taxes work similar to NY.
But, they just set the baseline numbers at about 1/10th as much.
I pay less property taxes here than I did in NY on a lot we had that was just a 10 acre cornfield (to say nothing of what we paid on the house).
This place is worth way more than 10x what that field was, and the taxes are lower.
Yet, somehow we still have all the services NY provided. They just manage to do it without 90% of the budget.
repete
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"After holding the line on increases in recent years, mostly due to having Covid relief funds from the federal government, Supervisor Brian Kulpa's proposed budget for the coming year calls for levying an additional $10 million in property taxes."
They got used t the extra cash and now can't do without it.
They got used t the extra cash and now can't do without it.
Saltwater60
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That
Thats why it’s allowed right there. He’s levying an extra $10 million. The levy increase isn’t a property tax increase. Again I don’t agree with it but that’s how they get around the property tax cap.