I just got my property tax assessment and WTF?!?
We went up 74K in 1 year? It even went down 1K last year. This is on a house that I could maybe sell for 375K now if I was lucky. We went from 324K to 399K this year. They say the land is worth 60K more and improvements are worth 14K more.
UGH!!!!!
UGH!!!!!
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Appeal it! About 50% of the tax assessment appeals are successful, and it sure sounds like yours would be one of them.
If you can find some good comps as far as vintage, size, condition, and area, use them. Otherwise, find the worst things about your house and take pictures of them
About 15 years ago, I appealed my property tax assessment and won. Had a Victorian built in 1899 that had a brick foundation, and there was a sewer line break, so black smelly liquid was seeping through the bricks. It made a convincing photograph.
LOL, uhhhh, no.
I'm curious to know if anyone else is seeing something similar with their assessments.
If you purchased a property for 350k, but it was appraised in King County records for about 700k and the previous years' prop taxes were $5,400, would the taxes go down next year? Or would you have to wait until the tax bill came the next year and go through the entire appeal process and prove that the house is actually worth what you paid for it?
My taxes on two rentals went down which are South Snoco.
The other ones went up though.
2009 Tax Information
Tax: $ 3,958.65
Other Charges
Fire District $ 283.41
Surface Water $ 120.24
Noxious Weed $ 2.10
Conservation $ 9.98
Total billed: $ 4,374.38
Amount paid: $ 0.00
Interest: $ 0.00
Penalty: $ 0.00
Amount due:
$ 2,187.19
Land value: $ 200,000
Improvement value: $ 199,000
Levy code:1442
Status: Taxable
Omit year: 0000
2008 Tax Information
Tax: $ 3,471.17
Other Charges
Fire District $ 281.57
Surface Water $ 85.02
Noxious Weed $ 2.10
Conservation $ 9.98
Total billed: $ 3,849.84
Amount paid: $ 3,849.84
Interest: $ 0.00
Penalty: $ 0.00
Amount due:
$ 0.00
Land value: $ 140,000
Improvement value: $ 184,000
Levy code:1442
Status: Taxable
Omit year: 0000