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did anyone receive these in the mail yet? i got mine, and it's slightly shocking. i know there's a few folks on here from west orange, wondering if i might be able to chat with you.
What is this regarding? Did the taxes increase more that you were expecting? I know the new tax rate is 3.445 and i should be moving to West Orange in a couple of weeks and i hope i don't get any surprises.
did anyone receive these in the mail yet? i got mine, and it's slightly shocking. i know there's a few folks on here from west orange, wondering if i might be able to chat with you.
With all the cuts that Christie is touting on the national talk and news shows u probably should see a 20-25 percent reduction in your property taxes. Thats the trickle down effect. NOT. When they just about eliminate town and school aid to the suburban towns this is what happens. It looks good for the supporters but not good on most of our property tax bills.
my new property taxes went up more than i was expecting. i got the reassessment figures in mid march. i don't recall getting notice on the new rates, but recently received my 2011 Final/2012 Estimated tax bill. i knew my taxes would go up, as a result of the "realigning" of the town, but never expected them to go up by the amount that they did.
I guess that 2% cap thingy has a couple of holes in it. He didn't mention that on the talk shows.
the 2% cap doesn't apply to re-alignment, i would assume. our town hasn't been assesed in 2 decades, so the property taxes on new homes were probably high, with older homes probably low. bringing it to a more equitable level makes sense. but i just don't understand my numbers fully at the moment.
I guess that 2% cap thingy has a couple of holes in it. He didn't mention that on the talk shows.
They forgot to mention that it's 2%, but does not include all the things that go up in cost each year like continued pandering to public workers in the form of raises, continued increases in pension expense due to lack of contributions and poor market returns, continued increases in healthcare expenses and continued hiring of new extremely well paid ah um, public servants. . Keep building those parks in Essex Cty, pretty soon you won't need landscapers to take care of it, the citizens will do it for free as they forage for food.
oh...you got reassessed - didn't know that. that's not subject to the 2% cap.
if you feel your assessed value is too high, you can fight it. when you got your notice in march, did you think your new value was too much? usually there's a window where you can go and ask about how the assessment was reached, but you're probably too late now. if you want to fight, you'll need to go through the whole process (and pay $$$$), and it won't be until next april or so.
also, if you got an estimated bill, they don't know the final rate yet (or they do and just aren't releasing it), so there's a (albeit small) chance your yearly amount will go down.
i feel for you - we got hit with the same thing - our taxes rose 20% (and subsequently went down when another reassessment was done after the RE bust).
oh...you got reassessed - didn't know that. that's not subject to the 2% cap.
if you feel your assessed value is too high, you can fight it. when you got your notice in march, did you think your new value was too much? usually there's a window where you can go and ask about how the assessment was reached, but you're probably too late now. if you want to fight, you'll need to go through the whole process (and pay $$$$), and it won't be until next april or so.
also, if you got an estimated bill, they don't know the final rate yet (or they do and just aren't releasing it), so there's a (albeit small) chance your yearly amount will go down.
i feel for you - we got hit with the same thing - our taxes rose 20% (and subsequently went down when another reassessment was done after the RE bust).
the reassessed value didn't look too bad at the time, but it was possibly a bit high. i'm going to compare other comps and their assessments this weekend. i didn't challenge the assessment, because it didn't seem wrong. but my annual tax bill, if this estimate is correct, went up almost 35%.
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When they just about eliminate town and school aid to the suburban towns this is what happens. It looks good for the supporters but not good on most of our property tax bills.
but never expected them to go up by the amount that they did
. Keep building those parks in Essex Cty, pretty soon you won't need landscapers to take care of it, the citizens will do it for free as they forage for food. 
