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Originally Posted by kai
the interesting thing about taxes is that a) you always hear about "Tax-a-Chusetts and b) my taxes in San Antonio proper were the SAME (give or take $100) as my house here. and my house here cost 3x as much, and has an acre of land.
but then again, we do have state income tax.
but then again, our sales tax is only 5%, not including food or clothes- which are not taxed at all.
i have a feeling that in the end- it all works out to be equal, tax wise.
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Having grown up in Norwell Mass. and my wife in Hingham I can see what you mean.
We lived in Spring outside of Houston and had a 2300 sq' homw with a 600 foot office adjacent to it. We built our lake house and moved up here to Crockett. My wife wanted to keep the house for a year to be sure the kids adjusted. Being in business and worrying about owning two homes and lawsuits we decided to remove our homestead from the Houston home and place it on the more valuable Lake house. Our taxes jumped from $ 790 per year to $2400 overnight?? Pissed me off something wicked
Now we have an appraisal district that is convinced the Lake is the hottest thing since sliced bread. I am seeing 10% per year increases for the (who knows how long) indefinite future. I do fight them on every increase and try to explain that as a business person I am unable to raise my rates 10% per year... Of course it falls on deaf ears. I have circulated letters trying to organize but apathy rules.. 2 calls out of 160 letters. Of course when these people see me in the store they ask how the battle is going :confused: I have since learned to battle for ones own benefit and leave the sheep for the slaughter house
Thank god for beer :cool: