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Read comments (15)Dyer County Assessor of Property Janie Gregon said the appearance of homeowners representing property owners in the Pioneer Subdivision on Monday increased the appeals figure to the highest in years. The property owners petitioned for redress over some reappraisals that increased thousands of dollars.
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"I'm still tabulating the figures," said Gregson.
About 22.500 separate parcels of property were reappraised this year. The calculations were the first complete appraisal since 2002.
As the appeals process comes to an end at noon Monday, July 14, Gregson will calculate the figures from the appeals the Tax Equalization Board found justifiable and the reappraisals affirmed to help the county figure out a tax rate.
The appeals process delayed county and municipal budgets past the July 1 deadline as final data was needed to figure the numbers.
the increase in appraisal of our property is just another way the politicians have to increase taxes and swear there are no tax increase. what a country!jerry osborne
Most people expect public education, law enforcement, fire protection............... there was a big protest when Rep. Pinion proposed building toll roads...... No body wants to pay subscriptions..... they want government to do it and they don't want to pay taxes....... there ain't no free lunch........ somebody's got to pay...........
Muscadine: Most people I know don't want to pay taxes (otherwise known as a perpetual mortgages) on their homes...you know, that big investment we all have to make to have a decent place to live. Another way to approach the "services" issue would be to let people decide what "services" they want and charge a subscription. The city runs CableOne I believe. The price is too high and there is a glut of worthless channels with no value programming for the price you pay. So, I don't subscribe to CableOne. I chose DirecTV because I can get the worthless programming of local stations, a couple of national news networks, and a few lousy movie/general interest channels for $24.00 per month...about half what Cableone charges. See? Free market works better than bureaucratic government for less. Or stated another way: With free enterprise consumers can get about the same crap for less than bureaucratic sponsored crap.
Your property can increase in value even if
you do nothing to it. That's why homes are
such a good investment. The state does not
get one dime of property tax...it all goes to
the county. If your house is going down in value
because of your neighborhood, then you better
bale out and move.
if u really want to know what your property is worth try to sell it for what they say it's worth....the walls will cave in before u get it!!
coondawg............ the cost of everything that local government buys: labor,utilities, gasoline, diesel, vehicles......... is going up...... local government can not print up money like the federal government....... they have to balance the budget......... as inflation causes everything to go up........ local governments have to generate more revenue some how or else cut the services that they provide......... people want the services that local governments provide: education, law enforcement, fire departments, and good roads........ but they do not want to pay any taxes........ Just human nature, I guess...
So the county mayor, budget committee and commissioners determine the tax rate that will be applied to the new appraisals? The way I see it, our taxes could go up or down no matter how our property is appraised. Is that true? And thanks for the info.
Coondawg,,,,,,, the Equalization Board was so flooded with appeals that there was not enough time before July 1 to hear them all..... After all the appeals have been heard and ruled on, it will still take some time to determine how much revenue will be generated by one cent of the tax rate,,,,,, considering the change in value of the total appraised property in the county subject to the property tax.................... Then the County Mayor and the Budget Committee will set a specific rate and present it to be voted on by the full County Commission.................
Please correct me if I'm wrong. The Assessor of Property puts a dollar value on our property, right? But this does not automatically increase our property taxes. The tax rate depends on what the county commission does with the reappraisals, right? The assessor could appraise my house for millions and my taxes could go down if the commissioners so choose, right? I also wonder why the appeals process deadline was set for July 14 and the city/county budgets deadline was July 1?
People demand services from the government, but nobody wants to pay any taxes.........................
The assessment on our property increased 23.7%. We petitioned the equalization board for a decrease in the assessed value, but our appeal fell on deaf ears. Let's be clear about this tax process: There isn't anything equal about it other than most property assessments go up every time the state wants more money. We have no say about the increases and apparently can do nothing to stop the state from gouging us into poverty. Let's be clear about something else: We are not property owners. We are led to believe we are, but we see differently when the state wants to collect money from us. If we cannot pay what the state demands, the state sells the property, collecting the taxes we could not pay, and forcing the new "property owner" to pay future taxes. Is it time to put an end to the most destructive tax the government forces us to pay? I think so! A person's home should not jeopardized by a perpetual mortgage to the state. What do you think? Are you angry enough yet to vote for someone other than a career democrat or republican politician? Don't expect different results after each election if you vote the same people in year after year after year....
I sure wish this article had been published sooner. I think the number of appeals would have been higher if more people were aware of the process to appeal. I am not at all happy with my appraisal. My property value went up $30,000 dollars and I have not done one single thing to improve my property since the last appraisal.
I don't know about the date the appeals stop but my husband went before the committee and it didn't do one whit of good. According to them, the State of TN reappraises property every six years. Our value increased 20% according to the State. We are retirees and everything is going sky high except our income. Our money will only stretch so far.
I tried and tried to contact this office about mine but only got a busy signal. Would be nice to know. Mine jumped SEVERAL thousand dollars and I hadn't even changed a doorknob let alone do anything to increase my property value. Last time I checked the housing market was slumping and most homes have lost somewhere around 10% of their value. But somehow ours goes up?? Vote 'em OUT!!
Does anyone know if you can still object to your "reappraisal" and actually get them to "re-evaluate" it?