The legislature lied to its citizens, what's new, saying lottery funds would be dedicated to schools. They immediately after passed directed the money to the general fund to spend on stupid sheet like they always do.
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7:56a, 5/1/24
In reply to Reload8098
Or a tax on remittances sent to their country of origin? Legal resident aliens wouldn't need to worry about the tax.
Reload8098 said:
How about a higher sales tax? That way even illegals are contributing instead of just being a money suck.
Or a tax on remittances sent to their country of origin? Legal resident aliens wouldn't need to worry about the tax.
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2:26p, 5/1/24
In reply to Reload8098
would take something like a 20 cent sales tax to replace property taxes.Reload8098 said:
How about a higher sales tax? That way even illegals are contributing instead of just being a money suck.
2:28p, 5/1/24
In reply to Reload8098
The state government doesnt levy any property taxes. School districts and municipalities are the ones eating people alive. No one seems to care when its time to vote for school board- we keep letting teachers unions pick the people who levy these taxes. You likely have a bond election in your ISD this week that will increase your taxes, just wait and see how many people actually vote.Reload8098 said:
Tennessee doesn't have an income tax and sports some of the lowest property taxes in the nation. There's either some serious fraud going on in our state grovernment or massive social services but sumptn is up.
4:16p, 5/2/24
Austin isd says they're raising taxes again.
https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-05-03/more-details-emerge-on-proposed-tax-rate-increase/
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https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-05-03/more-details-emerge-on-proposed-tax-rate-increase/
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9:54a, 5/8/24
In reply to Ragnar Danneskjoldd
It's just another $100 in taxes. well, when you pass multiple bonds every year, that $100 becomes $2000 really quickly.
6:36p, 5/24/24
In reply to Aston 91
Update: as soon as I filed my protest, TCAD offered to reduce the appraised value by $76k (so a $10k increase over the prior year). I requested an informal hearing and for the first 10-15 minutes the TCAD guy couldn't offer any explanation as to why ours increased. He finally "figured it out" when he noticed we had a pool. A pool that was already installed when we moved into the house in 2006. TCAD guy said they changed the way they valued pools, and that was responsible for the increase. Just a total clown show.
Aston 91 said:
I'm in NW Austin and our appraisal went up $86k. Land value stayed same, house went up about 17.5%. Completely random - most houses on our street went down, some stayed the same and one other house went up a grand total of $6k. I'll be protesting (again) - there is no objective data that supports such an increase.
Update: as soon as I filed my protest, TCAD offered to reduce the appraised value by $76k (so a $10k increase over the prior year). I requested an informal hearing and for the first 10-15 minutes the TCAD guy couldn't offer any explanation as to why ours increased. He finally "figured it out" when he noticed we had a pool. A pool that was already installed when we moved into the house in 2006. TCAD guy said they changed the way they valued pools, and that was responsible for the increase. Just a total clown show.