On Mon, 08 Jun 2020 11:37:36 -0400, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 8 Jun 2020 08:22:01 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Monday, June 8, 2020 at 11:14:06 AM UTC-4, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article ,
says...

Real estate taxes are on the land here, not the house.

Here, real estate taxes are on the land and all permanent
structures. It's calculated based on the price you paid
when you bought the property (plus annual increases for
increases in the value of the property).




Here the land is taxed at one value depending on the usage and the
buildings at whatever the county decides the building is worth.

There are some places where assessed valuation does not go up until yo
usell the property. It encourages improvements and rewards ownership
but also makes it seem harder to move to another house or condo.

I have never been in a state like that. In fact that is why they have
"Save our Homes" or "Prop sumpin" laws, to cap assessments at some
low number for homesteaded properties. It is 3% in Florida.



No so dissimilar from here. I have experience only with residential
real estate.

Cars are taxed with a seperate bill when you get a tag. Not sure about
a car tax if it is just sitting around without a tag.

They call that a "fee" here (but it's probably a tax, in effect).
It's based on the (IIRC) MSRP of the car when it was new.

Cindy Hamilton

Until now, Indiana was the only state I knew of that taxed ownership of
cars. Registration and plates in states I've lived in are not
dependent on the value of the car.

I think Virginia had a "personal property tax" too and that included
cars.
Most states do tax on weight or some other metric tho when you get
your plates. Don't be confused, the main function of tags on cars is a
tax receipt. Everything else is bull****.