Big Surprise for those looking for a property tax cap

[VA Yankee]

Originally Posted by thepokerdepot

Yeah,..are your property taxes going up?
How does it compare with NY?
Are people there up in arms like in NYS?

Our taxes have remained the same $8.70 per 1k of assessed value down from $8.90 a few years ago. My moms taxes in Rockland average $45.00 per 1k of value. We only pay property tax, no school, county, fire dept, library, or road taxes. The county goverment is great and the schools are outstanding, I realize many think only NY has decent schools. In the Metro Richmond area taxes run @$8.20 - $12.00 per 1k of value.

Unlike my moms town our roads are paved and smooth and the I can see where my tax dollars go. Overall this is the best managed goverment I have lived in.

State wide VA runs on the conservative side, in other words if they can't pay for it they don't do it. Many critics site shorfalls in "services' for those that need them, but thats subjective. Do we complain about the goverment? Of course but thats human nature. We are a right to work state and the unions don't have any power. Salaries are lower but so is our cost of living.

There is a distinctive difference between Northern VA and the rest of the state but what state doesn't have those differences.

I tried to move back to NY after a career in the service the job would have paid 1 1/2 times what it does here but the housing/cost of living is 2 1/2 times, whats the benefit. I would rather have a decent life then try to cling to something that doesn't want people to suceed. I do work in education in a support position without a union and as I posted the teachers starting pay allows a new teacher out of school to be able to live.

[thepokerdepot]

Originally Posted by VA Yankee

Our taxes have remained the same $8.70 per 1k of assessed value down from $8.90 a few years ago. My moms taxes in Rockland average $45.00 per 1k of value. We only pay property tax, no school, county, fire dept, library, or road taxes. The county goverment is great and the schools are outstanding, I realize many think only NY has decent schools. In the Metro Richmond area taxes run @$8.20 - $12.00 per 1k of value.

Unlike my moms town our roads are paved and smooth and the I can see where my tax dollars go. Overall this is the best managed goverment I have lived in.

State wide VA runs on the conservative side, in other words if they can't pay for it they don't do it. Many critics site shorfalls in "services' for those that need them, but thats subjective. Do we complain about the goverment? Of course but thats human nature. We are a right to work state and the unions don't have any power. Salaries are lower but so is our cost of living.

There is a distinctive difference between Northern VA and the rest of the state but what state doesn't have those differences.

I tried to move back to NY after a career in the service the job would have paid 1 1/2 times what it does here but the housing/cost of living is 2 1/2 times, whats the benefit. I would rather have a decent life then try to cling to something that doesn't want people to suceed. I do work in education in a support position without a union and as I posted the teachers starting pay allows a new teacher out of school to be able to live.

Wow!
That sounds unreal compared to,.... here.
Wow.
That's all I can come up with,....wow.

I thought I couldn't get more depressed until I read this.

[rug city]

You say you only pay property tax- no school or county tax. Unless you're different than most places in the US I'm pretty sure your school and county taxes are part of your property tax- where else would they fund them from?

[Finger Laker]

it varies on where you live in maricopa county, but it's around $10 per $1000 assessed value and that includes all the property related taxes

in my tiny hometown in upstate NY the combined city/county propery tax rate is $25 per $1000 assessed value

[VA Yankee]

Originally Posted by rug city

You say you only pay property tax- no school or county tax. Unless you're different than most places in the US I'm pretty sure your school and county taxes are part of your property tax- where else would they fund them from?

Really, we only pay property tax. We are incorporated as a County with a board of supervisors and a County Manager who really runs everything. We pay real estate tax and from that the county goverment funds the schools, roads etc. We are quite solvent have only (1) school district and in fact are currently building 1 new high school and 1 new middle school with more planned in the future.

Planning has been key to the success and they have done great in attracting buisnesses to the area. Even Phillip Morris moved their US Headquarters from NY to here.

When I lived in Norfolk & Virginia Beach we only paid one tax.

[rug city]

My point is you pay school and county tax just like everybody else and it is included in your property tax just like everybody else- whether it is under one bill to the County or three separate bills to county, school district, city is irrelevant- you are still paying school and county taxes as part of your property taxes and you made it sound like you weren't.

[VA Yankee]

Obviously some of the tax monies goes to the schools but unlike my moms bill there is not a seperate vote/billing for school tax. Our school board presents a budget to the county for approval each spring if it's approved in it's entirety or adjusted the County approves it and schedules money to support it. Seeing my moms bill her property taxes included seperate breakdowns for property, fire, roads, and library taxes then she gets another bill just for school tax which is flat rate and based on the budget approved for that year. As a senior with star discount she pays over 8k, I would bet a regular person would be paying over 10k..