Property tax relief for the furloughed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tax is due in December. When is this going to be over?

People with mortgages pay their tax into escrow a little bit every month: tax day doesn't change your monthly payment at all.
If your house is paid off (congrats) you are hopefully saving the same way, not planning to cash-flow your property tax out of your December paycheck. That would be odd.

I really think most of these furlough posts are trolls designed to stir the pot. Normal people are not thinking about paying their property tax as an individual bill. They are thinking about paying their rent/mortgage, groceries, and childcare.

Not a troll and no emergency fund. We don't have an escrow and pay property tax and insurance on our own. Spouse's salary covers mortgage and grocery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try your savings.

This. Regular people don't get help paying property taxes. It's socialism and evil af to even have taxes on land/housing.

Why? Your taxes support the infrastructure in your specific area---schools, Fire, police, libraries, etc. But mainly schools (it's 50-75% in every area I have owned a home). It will come from somewhere if you don't have property taxes (ie local and state taxes will raise a lot if you eliminate property taxes).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tax is due in December. When is this going to be over?

People with mortgages pay their tax into escrow a little bit every month: tax day doesn't change your monthly payment at all.
If your house is paid off (congrats) you are hopefully saving the same way, not planning to cash-flow your property tax out of your December paycheck. That would be odd.

I really think most of these furlough posts are trolls designed to stir the pot. Normal people are not thinking about paying their property tax as an individual bill. They are thinking about paying their rent/mortgage, groceries, and childcare.

Not a troll and no emergency fund. We don't have an escrow and pay property tax and insurance on our own. Spouse's salary covers mortgage and grocery.

Then perhaps the mortgage company should be doing escrow for you, since you seem incapable of saving monthly yourself and building an EF

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tax is due in December. When is this going to be over?

People with mortgages pay their tax into escrow a little bit every month: tax day doesn't change your monthly payment at all.
If your house is paid off (congrats) you are hopefully saving the same way, not planning to cash-flow your property tax out of your December paycheck. That would be odd.

I really think most of these furlough posts are trolls designed to stir the pot. Normal people are not thinking about paying their property tax as an individual bill. They are thinking about paying their rent/mortgage, groceries, and childcare.

Not a troll and no emergency fund. We don't have an escrow and pay property tax and insurance on our own. Spouse's salary covers mortgage and grocery.

It is october. You should have had the property taes saved up. Get a part-time/temp job.

[Anonymous]

I would check with your bank or credit union to see if there is some sort of bridge loan program until the government opens, preferably with a 0% or low interest rate.

[Anonymous]

Wow, the entitlement. Do what the rest of us do when we lose jobs, use your savings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It will be over when the 2026 health insurance costs come out and the fertilizer hits the fan. That's when non-furloughed people wake up.

Exactly right. So many people don't even realize they are benefitting from ACA subsidies or even know they are on an ACA plan.

Almost 90% of Americans are on employer sponsored or Medicare/Medicaid. ACA is a tiny sliver of people.

[Anonymous]

Ask your municipality. Arlington says call 7032284000. Do this before you are late paying. They will discuss
a payment plan or the taxpayer assistance program
https://www.arlingtonva.us/Government/Programs/Taxes/TAP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel terrible for people who have been furloughed, but we didn't get any relief from taxes or bills and certainly no special loan offers when my husband lost his job last year. We just had to dip into our savings. It took him six months to find a new job and he wasn't paid back for his unemployment like federal workers.

What about the people who are working without pay so don't qualify for unemployment and cannot work a different job? Should all the air traffic controllers and social security administrators take a leave of absence until after the shutdown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try your savings.

This. Regular people don't get help paying property taxes. It's socialism and evil af to even have taxes on land/housing.

Why? Your taxes support the infrastructure in your specific area---schools, Fire, police, libraries, etc. But mainly schools (it's 50-75% in every area I have owned a home). It will come from somewhere if you don't have property taxes (ie local and state taxes will raise a lot if you eliminate property taxes).

You bought into the lie. Wake up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, the entitlement. Do what the rest of us do when we lose jobs, use your savings.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel terrible for people who have been furloughed, but we didn't get any relief from taxes or bills and certainly no special loan offers when my husband lost his job last year. We just had to dip into our savings. It took him six months to find a new job and he wasn't paid back for his unemployment like federal workers.

What about the people who are working without pay so don't qualify for unemployment and cannot work a different job? Should all the air traffic controllers and social security administrators take a leave of absence until after the shutdown?

Sounds like they bought a house they cannot afford. Sell the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Try your savings.

Let them eat cake! (Says the callous jerk who isn’t missing a paycheck)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, the entitlement. Do what the rest of us do when we lose jobs, use your savings.

This.

Agree with this. I'm a furloughed government employee who still has to work ( mission essential), I don't complain. Government employees seem to be so entitled. People who work in private sector lose jobs all the time and nobody will help them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Try your savings.

This. Regular people don't get help paying property taxes. It's socialism and evil af to even have taxes on land/housing.

Please explain how taxing property is "socialism." What means of production is a government owning in that scenario? I'll wait.