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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP here. I get that there can be problems with taxes. I bought an investment property in DC, realized a couple months in that it was listed with homestead deduction (the prior owners did live in it), and contacted OTR. It took them several months to fix it. If I ran for office it might look like I claimed homestead deductions on two different DC properties for a while.

But I'd be able to show that I fixed it before a tax bill ever came. I want my elected officials to be *more* detail-oriented than I am, not less.[/quote]
The narrative that is being presented is that he has not claimed the homestead deduction on his DC property from the time he purchased his property in MD.
So he had many years of claiming it - than filed to change it with DC by accident?

I don't get how you accidently file that that form.[/quote]

Or not realize for many years that you are getting a deduction you shouldn't be...and not getting the deduction you want. Unless you want the deduction on the higher taxed property....which seems like is...tax fraud?[/quote]

The claim from the supporter in this forum is that[b] he bought the house pre-DC Homestead Deduction and forgot to ever apply for it. That doesn't seem... crazy.[/b] Especially for a house that's not worth that much (and probably taxed at a rate that incredibly undervalues it because he's owned it so long).

Claiming the Homestead Deduction in MD is genuinely tax fraud if he's not living there, but that could have been done automatically at the time of purchase by mistake because he didn't own another home *in MD.* If he contacts them and pays the arrears, it's not that big a deal. Remember that to be criminal, tax fraud has to be intended.[/quote]

There's been a homestead deduction since at least 1977, though, so that seems unlikely. https://code.dccouncil.us/dc/council/laws/docs/2-45.pdf Maybe the house was inherited, maybe they just didn't notice, anything is possible. But it shows a level of inattention that, combined with the ANC and OCF stuff, to me is disqualifying. This sounds like a guy who needs to work his own stuff out, not take on additional leadership roles. [/quote]

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