04-14-2013, 09:46 AM
FYI,
You do NOT have to allow the tax man onto your property. They are prone to phrasing the request as if you do not have the right to refuse, but they do not have the right to do more than look from the road, neighboring properties if they get permission, or the air, without your permission. We knew the county had the right dimensions for our house and the right square footage so we told them no. They still had to drop our taxes when we appealed because the assessor was using all much newer houses with higher ratings for the construction for the comparison properties. When the appeals board caught that they gave us everything we were asking for.
Carol
You do NOT have to allow the tax man onto your property. They are prone to phrasing the request as if you do not have the right to refuse, but they do not have the right to do more than look from the road, neighboring properties if they get permission, or the air, without your permission. We knew the county had the right dimensions for our house and the right square footage so we told them no. They still had to drop our taxes when we appealed because the assessor was using all much newer houses with higher ratings for the construction for the comparison properties. When the appeals board caught that they gave us everything we were asking for.
Carol
Carol
Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Every time you feel yourself getting pulled into other people's nonsense, repeat these words: Not my circus, not my monkeys.
Polish Proverb