property taxes? (New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Haughton: insurance, new home, buy)

[TraciK]

Hi, I am wondering if anyone knows a site where you can find out about property taxes? Or does anyone know about what it would be for a 150,000 and 200,000 house? Thanks for your help!

[Xcaped NOLA]

I did not find a site , only the website where you can pay PPT bills @

http://www.cityofno.com/

here is the addr and phn#

Bureau of the Treasury
1300 Perdido St. Rm. 1W40
New Orleans, La. 70112
(866) 710-7030
Office Hours: 8:45 am - 4:40 pm Monday thru Friday

[SBCmetroguy]

Louisiana's property taxes are very low actually. I believe Texas' property taxes are 3x higher than those in Louisiana. In Louisiana you have Homestead Exemption on the first 175,000 of the price of your main residence, so you only pay taxes on everything beyond $175,000.

[TraciK]

Thanks for the help!

[SBCmetroguy]

Originally Posted by TraciK

Thanks for the help!

No problem! Let me correct myself... I don't know what I was thinking. It's $75,000, not $175,000!! My home was $128,500 and I'm only taxed on $53,500. I'm not completely exempt, so there's no way it could be $175,000. I'm sorry for the misinformation initially!

Here's a website that will help you:

http://www.latax.state.la.us/faq.htm

[Kurt]

Originally Posted by TraciK

Hi, I am wondering if anyone knows a site where you can find out about property taxes? Or does anyone know about what it would be for a 150,000 and 200,000 house? Thanks for your help!

Reason property taxes are higher in TX is that there is no income tax there. So there is a bit of a tradeoff. Lower property taxes in LA but income tax. However, the income tax is not too bad and if you are retired you get a break. I would say you are better off in Louisiana than in most any other state in regard to overall cost-of-living. Course you might have to pay high insurance in low-lying hurricane prone areas.

[TraciK]

Originally Posted by SBCmetroguy

No problem! Let me correct myself... I don't know what I was thinking. It's $75,000, not $175,000!! My home was $128,500 and I'm only taxed on $53,500. I'm not completely exempt, so there's no way it could be $175,000. I'm sorry for the misinformation initially!

Here's a website that will help you:

http://www.latax.state.la.us/faq.htm

I thought that maybe you meant $75,000 because I did end up finding a site that said that. I talked to a friend that just paid their first time taxes on a new home of $169,000 and they had to pay $1637 but she said they signed the home stead exemption (sp) and next year it will be $750 less. I can't wait to move back home and buy a house! Thanks again for the help.

[TraciK]

Originally Posted by Kurt

Reason property taxes are higher in TX is that there is no income tax there. So there is a bit of a tradeoff. Lower property taxes in LA but income tax. However, the income tax is not too bad and if you are retired you get a break. I would say you are better off in Louisiana than in most any other state in regard to overall cost-of-living. Course you might have to pay high insurance in low-lying hurricane prone areas.

We would be moving to the Bossier or Haughton area. So, we wouldn't have to worry about the hurricanes. But, I do know when we lived there before we had to pay for flood insurance. But, if I remember correctly it wasn't too expensive. Thanks for the reply.

[fhardfreeze]

Can a school board collect taxes in one district and use those taxes to pay for school cponstruction in another district within the same parish?

[BRMan]

Originally Posted by fhardfreeze

Can a school board collect taxes in one district and use those taxes to pay for school cponstruction in another district within the same parish?

Don't think so. And in general (with a few exceptions like Ouachita, E Baton Rouge, and Washington), school district = parish.