[email protected] wrote:
Your ideas for different systems of taxation are interesting, Brian & Karen, but not currently legal; PA law says that these taxes must be _equal_. The problem is that they are NOT equal right now; the city is breaking the law. The City is required by law to assess everyone at the same rate and have them pay the same property tax for all properties with the same value. * (But there are legal ways to write special protections into the laws to postpone or otherwise soften the impact on the elderly, those on fixed income, and others in special situations. And of course, if the condition of your house is much different from the average condition of other houses on the block, that can affect your assessment, because it affects your value.)*
I'm sure there are ways of getting around this. There always are.
But since the point is to soften the impact of the new tax rates on homeowners, how about this. When the new tax rates are established, we'll know what the Old and New taxes would be for any given property, right? If the difference is greater than some amount-- say $500-- the taxes on that property would be _gradually_ raised to the new levels over the next few years, by no more than $100 per year. The impact of any increases is lessened, and the taxes gradually become more fair.
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