But it doesn't matter how many students are enrolled! School taxes are levied on EVERY property owner! (at least that's how it is in NY) We have a tax assessed to EVERY property owner for a water distribution system, even if the property is vacant with no water hookup! Their rationality is that it has the capability to be connected some time in the future! And this "water tax" is based on a 30-year bond they got approved 18 years ago! I am so sick of the corruption/incompetence of taxpayer funded entities here in NY! I will be so happy when I am able to move away, hopefully within 6 years. (might be too late then; they may have destroyed the state so badly by then that it won't be possible to sell our house!)
I hear ya. I stopped paying property tax from last December here in CA. Will see what happens. Like you said, most of the tax allocations they do with property tax - I have nothing to do with those. I don't even use the road that much these days, hardly twice a month for grocery runs. I would think, all these taxes and fees must be transformed to usage based taxes only. If you're not using it or that much, you shouldn't have to pay for some one else's heavy usage.
But it doesn't matter how many students are enrolled! School taxes are levied on EVERY property owner! (at least that's how it is in NY) We have a tax assessed to EVERY property owner for a water distribution system, even if the property is vacant with no water hookup! Their rationality is that it has the capability to be connected some time in the future! And this "water tax" is based on a 30-year bond they got approved 18 years ago! I am so sick of the corruption/incompetence of taxpayer funded entities here in NY! I will be so happy when I am able to move away, hopefully within 6 years. (might be too late then; they may have destroyed the state so badly by then that it won't be possible to sell our house!)
I hear ya. I stopped paying property tax from last December here in CA. Will see what happens. Like you said, most of the tax allocations they do with property tax - I have nothing to do with those. I don't even use the road that much these days, hardly twice a month for grocery runs. I would think, all these taxes and fees must be transformed to usage based taxes only. If you're not using it or that much, you shouldn't have to pay for some one else's heavy usage.
You just stopped paying it? Youre not worried about that?
A little. Worst comes to worst, I'll just sell the house and move elsewhere.