Do not let anyone from the tax office in your house!

Submitted by Neat-Guarantee-4643 t3_ymdz1g in jerseycity

We moved here in 2019 and our taxes were 12,000. A man from the tax office came to see us regarding an open permit for our sidewalk. He asked to come in. I knew no better.

They can purposely as we just closed on the house. And our sale was slightly higher than our assessment.

A few weeks later, our taxes went up $3,000.

Taxes-

2019- $12,000 2020-$15,000 2021-$21,000

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!

And to be made aware at the end of another dumpster fire economic year.

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bodhipooh t1_iv3hf74 wrote

Nothing to do with the taxman coming inside your place. Simply, your taxes when you bought in 2019 were just getting reset based on the reval that was completed in 2018. And, since then, taxes have gone up just shy of 43%. So, your increase from 15K to over 21K is exactly as it should be.

You are right to be upset, but completely off on the rationale. You are just uninformed.

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keepseeing444 t1_iv3qw37 wrote

I know someone who got burned the same way as you after he renovated his house and spent lavishly on finishes then someone came knocking. His taxes went up 2X in a week.

You have to treat the tax assessor like that clean energy scam guy - tell him you’re just a pet sitter for the owner who is hospitalized with Covid then shut the door.

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micmaher99 t1_iv3xcf7 wrote

If you don't let them in they just assume everything in the publicly available domain is true. You paid more than assessed value, so taxes went up. It's how the system should work.

Edit to say $15k to $21k is basically the average taxes are going up this year.

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