Fix The Tax Code Friday: Property Tax
Home sales (or the lack thereof) continue to dominate the media these days. And despite realtors touting it as a buyers’ market, it seems that largely, buyers are staying away. It’s not just the...
View ArticleAmerican Idol Winner Reminded That Life Is Not a Fairytale
American Idol third season winner Fantasia Barrino may be losing her home. Well, one of her homes. One of Barrino’s homes, located in Charlotte, NC, and valued at $1.1 million, is going to auction...
View ArticleAsk The Taxgirl: Property Taxes
Taxpayer asks: Where I live, you prepay property taxes by 6 months. So in 2012 I paid taxes In Jan and then in June. In July, I sold the house so at the closing I paid (I guess to the seller) the taxes...
View ArticleThe Check’s Not In The Mail: Post Office Loses Tax Bills For Entire Town
The Town of Mount Kisco in New York was recently advised by the Postmaster of Mount Kisco branch of the U.S. Post Office that all of the 2013 property tax bills that were mailed out by the Town on May...
View ArticleAnother Town Hit With Property Tax Snafu
Residents of Bel Air, Maryland, may be checking their mailboxes quite a bit this time of year looking for property tax bills. Officials have advised that all of the 4,300 property tax account bills for...
View ArticleTexas Man Arrested After Attempt To Pay Taxes With Dollar Bills
A Wichita Falls man made news last week when he was arrested while trying to pay his property taxes. Only there’s a little bit more to the story than that. The 27-year old Texan, Timothy Andrew Norris,...
View ArticleTaxes From A To Z (2015): P Is For Personal Property Taxes
It’s my annual “Taxes from A to Z” series! Next up: P Is For Personal Property Taxes Most taxpayers are used to the idea that they can deduct taxes paid on real property. Real property generally...
View ArticleExtreme Makeover Homeowners Face Foreclosure
Everyone loves a happy ending, right? And Extreme Makeover, the popular ABC reality television show, always has a happy ending. The thing is, the troubles of those on the show don’t always end once the...
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