Property tax bills

[DTisme]

A letter to the editor today from someone in Keaau says his property tax bill doubled this year. Ours actually went down a bit, and our vacant lot tax bill stayed the same. Curious what others are finding they owe this year. Higher? Lower? Same?

[kalakoa]

Mine went up 1500%...

[DTisme]

1500%? That would make a $500 bill $7500. What gives?

[bystander]

A friend of mine had his bill more than quadruple. That's because they detected an unpermitted structure on his property.

[kalakoa]

they detected an unpermitted structure

Correct: unpermitted structures are still assessed and taxed -- if and when County RPT feels like it -- which brings us back around to "selective enforcement".

[leilaniguy]

My vacant lot tax doubled.

[ericlp]

My fern forest lot doubled. 250 a year for a vacant lot.

House in Beaches went up a bit. Gotta par for the rail! According to kim. If you didn't get hit this year, just wait till next year. Apparently, people don't mind paying for Oahu's rail.

[Anxious Messiah]

Mine doubled for my unimproved lots even though my assessed value went down. Called the County - my unimproved lots are charged at the minimum rate and the Council approved raising the minimum rate as it has been the same for 30 years. No biggie.


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[lquade]

yes, i get so tired of hearing the tiny increase. those that paid minimum tax went up 100%. from 100 to 200. so you can figure it out, a lot that is worth 3000 is paying the same almost as a lot that is worth 30,000. even the elderly with homeowners exemption were not spared. this was the biggest tax increase in several years.. we are all pawns of honolulu..

[Frankie Stapleton]

Mine (elderly w/homeowners exemption) doubled. This tax does NOT come from HNL but Hilo! The state has no real property tax .... YET.