Follow-up to the question about why there was such a big difference in valuation on identical homestead plots:
Chris said he went to the tax office and asked about the valuation. The first person he spoke to said that his valuation was higher because his land adjoined a larger block of land, which increased the value. Huh? He explained to that person that our lot adjoined the same piece of land. Further clarification was needed so he spoke to a second person. When he pointed out to her that we both adjoined the same larger piece of land, she admitted that they had never caught it.
They are correcting it...luckily, lowering Chris' valuation, not raising ours. I don't know how long it has been that way. Could have been more than 30 years. Of course, there's no refund. Their stance is, "Oops! Our bad!"
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Obviously I read this post after the first one relating the this tax business. Glad they reduced dad's...if not surprised.
But the next question is this...why do they have your house assessed for more that dads, when, according to their measurements, it is 300 square feet smaller than dad's???
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