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发帖数: 52 | 1 Property Tax太贵了，可能调低点吗？
怕Appeal后反而更高。。。。。
收到信说可以免费做，收第一年减税额的1/3。
可信吗？
多谢了！ | n*********e
发帖数: 25274 | 2 最好低价买进房后马上做，
税和邻居比较，再去论理是没用的。
即使暂时调低后，过几年可能又会涨回来，所谓水涨船高。。。 | S******a
发帖数: 1644 | 3 I once did this, but could not get the tax lower. My county has a tolerance
range. As long as the assessment value is within the tolerance range, they
will not adjust your tax. | c********n
发帖数: 731 | 4 Step 1:
Find out the average ratio of assessed value to market value from your
township tax assessor office. It is public information.
e.g. The ratio is 95%
Step 2:
Find out the true market value of your house. Depending on your township
requirements, this could be done by a real estate agent or yourself. Some
township need average sold price for 3-5 sold houses that are similar to
yours. Time frame could be last 6 months, or within a certain time frame
like Oct 1, 2010 to Sept 30, 2011.
e.g. The average sold price of similar houses is $480,000(If township does
not require that the houses must be most recently sold houses, try to find
the houses with the lowest sold prices)
Step 3:
Find out the assessed value of your house from website like realtor.com or
your township.
e.g. $580,000
and calculate your ratio: 580000/480000 = 121%
121% - 95% = 26%
The tolerance range is 15%, and you are paying 26% over average ratio (95%)
which is larger than 15 percent point, then you have a case.
Please note that townships and townships are different. some are more
negotiable than others.
Good luck.
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