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[quote=Anonymous]I live in a suburb of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County. When we purchased our home, the school district tried to increase the assessment to our purchase price. The school taxes compose the bulk of the property taxes and they do this for every new purchase. Many people contest this with comps. Unfortunately for us, around the same time a similar house sold down the street for about 100,000 higher. So we lost the protest. There was a lawsuit recently that limits the amount of the increase in assessment. I honestly do not understand why they do not reassess everyone on a regular basis. Plus, the school taxes increase every year (even though our district has had a surplus for the past few years). Many people depart for other areas with lower taxes after their kids graduate high school but we are staying for now. [/quote]
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