Fairfax County considers property tax hike

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Anonymous wrote:It’ll be a wash when my property value goes down.

They have RAISED the assessments though. Raised assessments and increased tax rate while nearly everyone will feel the effects of unemployment.
It’s going to affect the people in the middle the most, those who don’t qualify for any breaks, but are not wealthy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’ll be a wash when my property value goes down.

They have RAISED the assessments though. Raised assessments and increased tax rate while nearly everyone will feel the effects of unemployment.
It’s going to affect the people in the middle the most, those who don’t qualify for any breaks, but are not wealthy.

It's an opportunistic money grab and they don't care much about those in the middle.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“the Fairfax County School Board is asking the board of supervisors for more money to fund 7% across the board salary increases.”

Read the room FCPS — no one else is getting a raise. We can’t afford to then pay for yours.

FCPS always asks for more than they will ever get.

FCPS is spending $200 million on the ELL population. That is exponentially more in the past 5 years than they've ever spent. Start cuts there.

Is that an accurate number? If so, it’s an obscene amount of money for a single county to be spending on this. It’s a very large amount of money to spend NATIONALLY.

It was the subject of a recently deleted thread. The amount of kids who have shown up in FCPS classrooms from the border in the last four years that cannot speak a word of english is insane.

Why does it cost 200K million to teach people English? How many people are there 2 mil? With cost per person 100k to tech them English?

There has to be somewhere else this money is going to or it's done very inefficiently and somebody is taking a cut.

[Anonymous]

Did anyone read any of the budget materials before posting here? They explain their declining revenues because of commercial real estate and investment income declines and costs went up with inflation.

Assessment are based on market values and other set factors. They’re not based on vibes or a desire to stick it to you. Plus you can appeal.

They may raise the tax rate and/or add a meals tax. Remains to be seen.

Taxes in VA are much lower than many states.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read any of the budget materials before posting here? They explain their declining revenues because of commercial real estate and investment income declines and costs went up with inflation.

Assessment are based on market values and other set factors. They’re not based on vibes or a desire to stick it to you. Plus you can appeal.

They may raise the tax rate and/or add a meals tax. Remains to be seen.

Taxes in VA are much lower than many states.

Forgot to mention they proposed cutting $60 million in spending.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read any of the budget materials before posting here? They explain their declining revenues because of commercial real estate and investment income declines and costs went up with inflation.

Assessment are based on market values and other set factors. They’re not based on vibes or a desire to stick it to you. Plus you can appeal.

They may raise the tax rate and/or add a meals tax. Remains to be seen.

Taxes in VA are much lower than many states.

IDK about that. VA isn't really a low taxing state by any means. They tax you on everything they possibly can. And you aren't getting tremendous services you won't get in other states either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read any of the budget materials before posting here? They explain their declining revenues because of commercial real estate and investment income declines and costs went up with inflation.

Assessment are based on market values and other set factors. They’re not based on vibes or a desire to stick it to you. Plus you can appeal.

They may raise the tax rate and/or add a meals tax. Remains to be seen.

Taxes in VA are much lower than many states.

They are not doing this to stick it to anyone. They are doing this because they can. Because they think there is a lot of wealth here based on all the crazy $$$$ new construction and some new small businesses popping up. They want a piece of it, so they are going to skim it off the top of everyone based on what top 2% can effortlessly afford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read any of the budget materials before posting here? They explain their declining revenues because of commercial real estate and investment income declines and costs went up with inflation.

Assessment are based on market values and other set factors. They’re not based on vibes or a desire to stick it to you. Plus you can appeal.

They may raise the tax rate and/or add a meals tax. Remains to be seen.

Taxes in VA are much lower than many states.

For anyone with any sense, declining revenue means reductions in spending until spending matches revenue, not raising revenue on the backs of taxpayers so that spending can continue without moderation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read any of the budget materials before posting here? They explain their declining revenues because of commercial real estate and investment income declines and costs went up with inflation.

Assessment are based on market values and other set factors. They’re not based on vibes or a desire to stick it to you. Plus you can appeal.

They may raise the tax rate and/or add a meals tax. Remains to be seen.

Taxes in VA are much lower than many states.

For anyone with any sense, declining revenue means reductions in spending until spending matches revenue, not raising revenue on the backs of taxpayers so that spending can continue without moderation.

This. Enough of this BS. There is not "more of where it came from" to take from the taxpayer. Many are now going to be chronically unemployed. This couldn't have been more tone deaf.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read any of the budget materials before posting here? They explain their declining revenues because of commercial real estate and investment income declines and costs went up with inflation.

Assessment are based on market values and other set factors. They’re not based on vibes or a desire to stick it to you. Plus you can appeal.

They may raise the tax rate and/or add a meals tax. Remains to be seen.

Taxes in VA are much lower than many states.

For anyone with any sense, declining revenue means reductions in spending until spending matches revenue, not raising revenue on the backs of taxpayers so that spending can continue without moderation.

That's for us little subjects that can't just decide to raise our own pay with the stroke of a pen/keyboard.

When we're under financial strain we have to drive less, cancel a vacation, cook at home rather than eat out, get the walmart brand cereal or whatever. The government just decides to raise taxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’ll be a wash when my property value goes down.

You’re a naive fool.

They will just raise rates while gullible fellow residents squawk about how amazing the county is and how people can move elsewhere.

Nova is often the bastion of mediocre groupthink.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are they asking to be DOGEd? Seriously, I do not see any improvement and my taxes are 2x what they were 10 years ago. In the meanwhile worker's salaries that our taxes pay for didn't double. Where is this money going?

I think it's just a money grab capitalizing on all the new residential construction and visible affluence of the area for no other reason other than skimming more of it. I don't see better public services than 10 years ago, transit still sucks, and schools are the same or cutting things.

Sadly this common sense thinking hasn’t permeated the voting base.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’ll be a wash when my property value goes down.

I just got my assessment and it's way up this year.

Ours as well. Up 14%.

Yup. And there’s no way I can sell for that

If you think it’s wrong, appeal it. I am tired of people complaining about their increased assessments but never the increased value of their house.

Another fool. I have contested in the past. It’s a fool’s errand and all rigged. I have spent hours on this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’ll be a wash when my property value goes down.

I just got my assessment and it's way up this year.

Ours as well. Up 14%.

Yup. And there’s no way I can sell for that

If you think it’s wrong, appeal it. I am tired of people complaining about their increased assessments but never the increased value of their house.

I appealed mine and the lady told me she thought my house was really cute so she wouldn't be lowering it, even though none of the comps she used were in the same school zone or built in the same decade. IMO it wouldn't sell for assessed price.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did anyone read any of the budget materials before posting here? They explain their declining revenues because of commercial real estate and investment income declines and costs went up with inflation.

Assessment are based on market values and other set factors. They’re not based on vibes or a desire to stick it to you. Plus you can appeal.

They may raise the tax rate and/or add a meals tax. Remains to be seen.

Taxes in VA are much lower than many states.

For anyone with any sense, declining revenue means reductions in spending until spending matches revenue, not raising revenue on the backs of taxpayers so that spending can continue without moderation.

That's for us little subjects that can't just decide to raise our own pay with the stroke of a pen/keyboard.

When we're under financial strain we have to drive less, cancel a vacation, cook at home rather than eat out, get the walmart brand cereal or whatever. The government just decides to raise taxes.

And it couldn't have come at a worst time for the entire region.