What are the recommendations of property tax reformation?
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Property tax is one of the three legs of state financing, along with a sales tax and income tax.\n\nIt is unwise to completely eliminate (or freeze) property taxes because that will encourage people to hide their income in property and distort the real estate market.
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Come to think of it, property taxes do kinda suck.  I mean, if you're retired and your house is paid for, you don't want the tax going up just cause your neighborhood suddenly becomes extra-chic.  I guess if you have a kid in a local school that might be a reason to be willing to up the property taxes.  I guess living in CA has kind of turned me off to the idea, seeing as how a house here is like $300K more than anywhere eise.
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There are places with LOW property taxes.  Delaware has very low taxes.  There is even NO sales tax.  U can move there!
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Here is one site but you will find several by entering the words delinquent property taxes in a Yahoo search \n\nhttp://www.foreclosure.com/?rsp=20135&myapp-promo-id=yahoo-fdc-delinquent%20property%20tax
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look for a family with a gst house. We did that, we owned a home and had 4 lil beach homes in the back and rented them out to whoever seemed cool. check it out.
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This would be a "regressive" tax which taxed those who are least able to pay in at a higher percentage.\nAttempts to balance this with a "luxury" tax have failed because they unfairly punish certain industries i.e. yacht manufacturers.\n\nIn principle, replacing the income tax with a consumption tax, such as the flat tax, offers the possibility of improving the efficiency, equity, and simplicity of the tax system. But these gains are uncertain and depend critically on the details of the reform. At least some of the gains could be made simply by modifying the existing system.\n\nIdealized consumption taxes may always look better than actual income tax systems. Once in place, though, they would be subject to the same compromises and pressures as the income tax is. They could even lead to a system that is less efficient and less fair than the one we have.
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If it's already going up you can't, if it's in the planning stages, you should go to your next city council meeting and voice your objection, get your fellow neighbors to do the same, we did it here when they decided to build a strip mall across the street from us, they stopped the planning of the strip mall and decided to build townhomes instead. The lesser of 2 evils. Good luck, you'll need it, the city is going to look at tax revenue's generated by the apartment building with a very keen eye.
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There are several:\n\nTransforming FHA - HUD will propose transforming the Federal Housing Administration to include updating decades-old requirements that severely limit FHA's ability to reach the very homeowners it was created to serve. HUD will propose amending the National Housing Act to allow FHA to offer new mortgage options to benefit lower income borrowers who currently are forced to turn to nonprime, high-risk mortgage products to purchase their homes. This proposal will restore FHA to fulfill its mission to give families a safe deal at a fair price.\n\nHOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program - HOME is the largest federal block grant program dedicated to creating affordable housing for low-income families. The Administration proposes $1.9 billion for the HOME program in 2007, an increase of $123 million from this year. Each HOME dollar allocated to a local jurisdiction traditionally stimulates more than three dollars from other public and private sources.\n\nThe American Dream Downpayment Initiative (ADDI) - The 2007 Budget provides $100 million to help first-time homebuyers overcome the biggest obstacles to homeownership - downpayment and closing costs. Since President Bush signed this initiative into law, ADDI has helped nearly 14,000 families to purchase their first home, nearly half of whom are minority.\n\nSelf-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) - The Budget proposes $40 million for HUD's SHOP Program, which allows lower income families to purchase their first home through their own "sweat equity." Those who benefit from SHOP funds must contribute at least 100 hours of their own labor to help make a house their home.
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Do yourself and them a favor, and hire a local attorney to do the paperwork and make the property transfer.  Better to pay a little now than a lot later.  Property interests are governed by a myriad of laws, and you don't know them.
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I like that Sequoia. I would do the same. Raise the state tax and loose the property tax.\n\n\n\ndp
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High real estate cost\nHigh tax rate\nAnd high demand
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ANY INTEREST AND ANY PROPERTY TAX THAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED IN THE PAYMENT
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In most states, real estate property taxes are administered by the county.  You would generally need to contact either the county auditor's office, or the office of the county treasurer.
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So, let's have that border fence. And, employer enforcement. AND, welfare reform. AND tax cuts, so legislators don't get all stoned and start pre-taxing your great-grandkids you haven't even had yet. And, and and. Get things back in balance. Also, get the foreign real estate speculators out of the US housing market so less americans end up on the street or on the dole every year.
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It depends on what you mean by a little bit. I would save up  five hundred and go to the county clerks office and get a copy of the property tax list what houses that had tax leins on them or were forclosed. Then go when the auction is scheduled and bid on a house that you want (you can get one for as little as 100 dollars if no one bids higher) fix the house up and 'flip' it. you could sell it outright, rent it out. If you are willing to get in there and get a good deal, it really isn't too good to be true. Give it a try. First step is to go to the county tax clerk office and take a look at the houses and auction dates/times. Good luck.
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Two things I can suggest:\n\nYou will have to go to your local county office or possibly state representative's building to be recognized get and complete the necessary documentation.\n\nYou will have to hold regular meetings which are readily posted/available to followers or potential followers.\n\nYou will become exempt from paying property taxes after being officially recognized, make sure your local town assessor is aware of your worhip services and properly documented legality. \n\nI am just providing general information, there are many more details involved, I don't know them off the top of my head.
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Are you referring to reducing your property tax amount owed? If you are contact your county property tax assessment office.