All this talk about high taxes got me curious, so I looked into my own. I was a joint-owner on my mother’s house and I paid her property taxes for the last 10 years. My mother died in June last year and our home was sold in 2018.
- Our 2008 property assessment was $305,700
- Our 2018 property assessment was $313,600 (View it here yourself)
- Our 2008 gross tax was $3,284
- Our 2018 gross tax was $3,747
Our gross tax increased by 14%
Policing costs increased when the town’s population exceeded 5,000 people, so I looked at our police tax.
- Our 2008 police tax was $83
- Our 2018 police tax was $393
Police tax increased by 373% ($310)
If I don’t include the police tax increase because the town had little to no control over that.
- Our 2008 gross tax was $3,284
- Our 2018 gross tax was $3,437
That is a tax increase of 5%
I would be curious as to what you get if you do the same.