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If you own a home, did your property taxes go up or down this year?

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Posted - May 17, 2018
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  • 6988
    They almost doubled after an additional school tax was added. It was to replace most of the elementary school buildings. I did NOT vote for that tax! 
      May 17, 2018 12:44 PM MDT
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  • 13071
    That is not fair. I know how you feel, they tax heavily here for elementary school period, and the schools around here are really bad. I wonder where the money is REALLY going. hmmmmmmm. ;(
      May 17, 2018 12:53 PM MDT
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  • 6988
    Hmmmmmmmm, indeed!
      May 17, 2018 1:20 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    When they first began the lottery here in Ohio, they said a very high percentage of the money would be used for schools. What a lie that was.
      May 17, 2018 2:21 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    Georgia had a lottery for education.  Alabama didn't want gambling in the state but people loved how Georgia was raising money for education.  Eventually we got to vote for a lottery "crafted just like Georgia's."  Well, education was but a suggestion with the allocation of lottery revenue being left to the discretion of the Alabama Legislature.  Not just no, hell no.  Governor eventually went to prison like so many of them do.  I don't even know what finally got him. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at May 18, 2018 11:53 AM MDT
      May 17, 2018 3:20 PM MDT
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  • 2219
    They have been frozen for quite a few years but now they're allowed to go up. It won't mean more services though. 
      May 17, 2018 1:24 PM MDT
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  • 44619
    Ours here have remained fairly steady since I have bee in my present home. (13 years.) Most of our levies have been renewals. We finally got a school levy to pass, for what little good it did. There has been no improvement in our schools and new teachers are staying away in droves.
      May 17, 2018 2:27 PM MDT
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  • 17596
    Mine went up slightly even though our values have increased nicely.  My state does not raise annual assessment value over a certain percentage based on the assessment when you bought your home.  That's a nice detail in their revenue tax code. This post was edited by Thriftymaid at May 18, 2018 11:53 AM MDT
      May 17, 2018 3:24 PM MDT
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  • My parents said the property taxes on our vacation home went up for the first time in several years. 
      May 17, 2018 3:39 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    ive never owned a home
      May 17, 2018 5:56 PM MDT
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  • 3523
    They keep going up in proportion to the assessed value.  We were lucky to have bought a second home here five years ago near the bottom of the market. This post was edited by CallMeIshmael at May 18, 2018 11:54 AM MDT
      May 17, 2018 9:03 PM MDT
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