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If a person is cheating on property taxes, the calculation for how much property tax is taken in will be reduced and again weighed against the cost of running the local government/city etc. So the government will be forced to increase the general tax rate which impacts EVERYONE in that municipality.
If enough people do it, it can have a significant increase on everyone else's property tax including yours. So ... no.... it is actually your business as it is you, in part, will be making up the difference.
This is not necessarily true.
If the landlord actually lived in the house and took the exemption, how would the city/county's coffers differ?
If the landlord actually lived in the house and took the exemption, how would the city/county's coffers differ?
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Exactly. I'm sure the current rates price in a certain amount of fraud anyway. Will the County reduce rates if the level of fraud goes down? Absolutely not, that's not how government works. They'll just **** away the money some other way.
Last edited by albert648; 08-31-2021 at 03:56 PM..
I'm on team report the tax cheat, but after my friend moves out.
My friend, the renter, is planning to report the landlord after she moves.
Two other friends want to report him now (the landlord is an a***).
Meanwhile, we all want to know if our friend who actually deserves the exemption can somehow get it retroactively? Doubtful, I suppose. But at least, she'll save money moving forward.
so the landlord is not your friend and is an a hole?
yeah do it. Little sympathy for landlords. Especially now...
Exactly. I'm sure the current rates price in a certain amount of fraud anyway. Will the County reduce rates if the level of fraud goes down? Absolutely not, that's not how government works. They'll just **** away the money some other way.
You don't know any of this...
Yes.. they'll get the money some other way... by raising the general property tax rate. Which makes fraud everyone's concern.
If the landlord actually lived in the house and took the exemption, how would the city/county's coffers differ?
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Because normally they wouldn't be able to take an exemption on their current home they occupy and thus they would contribute more to municipalities take on property taxes.
Yes.. they'll get the money some other way... by raising the general property tax rate. Which makes fraud everyone's concern.
I know this because the government has a long and storied track record of spending more and more and more money for worse and worse outcomes. Just look at the public school system for starters.
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