2024 Assessments. Howd you score? MEGA thread. *** Official ***

[msommers]

At $75/yr, I agree. At $300+/yr, different story.

[killramos]

Depends on how many hours you are spending fighting this

[bjstare]

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Depends on how many hours you are spending fighting this

Yeah no kidding. If it's anything longer than like an hour, it's not worth the time for $25/mo.

[ercchry]

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At $75/yr, I agree. At $300+/yr, different story.

You’ll most likely need proof to backup your claim… appraisals are more than $300

[pheoxs]

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Thanks.

Wondering if it's worth trying to get it reassessed or not. Like if the value changed from $725->$785 and I feel it should be $740, is it worth fighting over if it's like $75/yr difference in property taxes.

You have to pay a fee to try and have your assessment revaluated so you'd probably lose even if you win in that case.

[msommers]

Are realtor comparables not sufficient, you have to go all out with a new appraisal?

I've read you get the $50 ARB fee back if you win.

[phreezee]

You guys give the city too much credit. No one is coming out to re-access your house.
In my case last year, I spent an about an hour drafting a Word doc with 4 bullet points using some market sales data for the area.
To file the complaint cost $40.
The ARB called to settle and I accepted the revision with no meeting.
The ARB refunded the $40, because it was a mutual agreement.
The difference in my tax bill was over $800 had I not appealed.

[msommers]

Finally an actual example

So in your case last year, the $800 decrease equated to how much of a change in assessed value?

[phreezee]

They dropped it $130,000 without a fuss.

[killramos]

Then raised it right back up the next year as per 20 posts ago

[phreezee]

Yup, I'll need to appeal every year now. I'll probably just submit that same Word doc I did last time, but with 2023 data.

[88CRX]

The City will drop your assessed value and raise your neighbours. Hope you dont like your neighbours LOL

[gmc72]

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Thanks.

Wondering if it's worth trying to get it reassessed or not. Like if the value changed from $725->$785 and I feel it should be $740, is it worth fighting over if it's like $75/yr difference in property taxes.

I am thinking about this as well. Paid $640 in May, but in July it's worth $665? $25k in 2 months?

[max_boost]

i thought chat gpt can write the appeals for you

[suntan]

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i thought chat gpt can write the appeals for you

The assessors use chat gpt to create the values.

[killramos]

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The assessors use chat gpt to create the values.

If only that much intelligence went into it lol

[suntan]

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If only that much intelligence went into it lol

**Snert** right?

[npham]

~22% increase in my assessment, but I'm in a new community so the data/assessment values are all fucky

[phreezee]

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The City will drop your assessed value and raise your neighbours. Hope you dont like your neighbours LOL

I actually encouraged my neighbors to appeal, and the one who did got a similar reduction.



City council gets automatic 2.41% salary increase for 2024
Raise lands weeks after council approved property tax increase for new year
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calga...2024-1.7075018

[Proyecto2000]

2021 - $384,500 - tax bill $2,847

2022 - $422,500 - tax bill $3,020

2023 - 504,000 - tax bill $3,312

2024 - $550,000 - waiting on tax bill