Bend over Marion County

Property tax relief on its way.

Well folks, I just look up my property tax make up bill. It gives you your property tax for 2007. My tax bill for 2007 is higher then the original bill I received. I was billed in 2007 for the amount of about $1500.00 (Up from $1055 in 2006) Now I find out that it is up to $1791. So that leaves me of a make-up bill of over $700 that will be coming out next month. Plus I am paying the 1% extra sales tax that was added on this year. You can find it at: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080509/NEWS0307/305100003

But the state is right about future tax bills. With the build in 1% property tax cap, in three years my total will go to $1003 per year. I will be savings of over $700 per year. I repeatedly told you that you were going to pay (the make up bills) this year that it would be based on 2007 taxes, not 2006.

I guess for those people who are on a set income in retirement will have to do without other things or go borrow the money just to keep for falling behind on their property taxes. It seems strange that that these bills was were sent out one month after the election.

So when is the first tax protest going to show up on the circle this year?