I survived the Fourth of July--but what about those taxes

Yes, I survived the bombs bursting in air..fireworks that is. Lots of booms and smokes from the celebration of Independence in the neighborhood. But now I wondered about low volume of noise over the tax bills. I got mines today and I was shocked. Yes, I expected an increase but I am telling you as a seasonal worker, I was S-H-O-C-K-E-D!!

If my bill was to only increase by 12% it should have been no more than $40 but it's not. The increase is more in the range of 47%. So if my 12% increase was really 47% than how much is that 57% increase for Aboite residents really amounts too?

The blogosphere appears to be really quiet on this issue. It appears that they are waiting on the media to tell them why their bill is so high or that if they don't say anything maybe they can get the bill reduced!


Advance Indiana places this article on his site from the Indy Star..which blames it on the schools. The fact of the matter, the school gets a certain percentage of what is collected. So if you collect 200 or 2000, the school percentage does not change only the amount out the total. So folks need to stop blaming the schools and place the blame exactly at the foot of the elected officials.

So let's start with your auditor, assessors, controller and the various department heads when you get that tax bill in the mail on July 18, 2007. Matter of fact why are folks waiting when they came go downtown and find out how much their bill is or go online. What are folks afraid of ?

Advance Indiana or the article says nothing about the circuit breaker that was to be a credit off of our tax bill this year.

UPDATE UPDATE:

OKay, I went back and figured my taxes they did not go up 47% they went up a little over 7%. However, had I not had an increase in the value of my property my taxes would have gone down. So I am still not a happy camper. However, after viewing quite a few other folks bills, I am shocked at some of the bills.

Wait, a minute the amount last year was $87.53 and the new amount is $153.68 so it did go up the 47%.

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE:

Now if I look at the circuit breaker the maximum amount would be $308 so my taxes totaled $307 and some change. In other words I was taxed at just about the maximum with the tax rate. At least folks here get it if folks on the blogosphere don't.