theonlinecitizen (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago
The problem is, the longer you defer it, the larger the increase will be…if HDB prices continue to go up. Minister Lui Tuck Yew, on property tax hike SAVINGS accounts have seen miserly interest rates of below 1 per cent per annum since 2001 – and people hoping for better yields ahead will be disappointed… Rubbing salt [...] Related Posts Higher property tax from next year Uniquely...
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
There had been such immediate and widespread condemnation of the Government’s property tax proposal when it was first presented by the Madame Minister of Finance in her 2009-2010 Budget that I felt sure that good sense would have prevailed and the proposal would have been recalled for a much-needed review and reformulation. And, frankly, I did not pay much attention to it thereafter.
OpenlineBlog.com (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
While most area municipalities have various levels of property taxes, levies, rates and EAV, some cities and towns in the Chicago area not only can boast about low property taxes, but NO property taxes, according to the Daily Herald . Gurnee, for example, had a property tax, but eliminated it when its commercial tax base grew substantially due to their outlet mall. Just recently, Schaumburg, which...
Calculated Risk (Free subscription) | yesterday
From Carolyn Said at the San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. commercial properties seek tax relief Landmark skyscrapers, signature hotels and upscale retailers glitter in the San Francisco skyline and enhance its cachet. But with commercial real estate slumping, they soon may subtract badly needed cash from the city's coffers. ... Collectively, those office towers, hotels, shopping centers and apartment...
Financial-Live (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Nathan Williams No Risk Investor provides members with the necessary resources and tools every successful investor needs. In order to be successful, they provide valuable education and step-by-step instruction in creative real estate investing strategies for both the advanced and inexperienced investor. Its crucial to take the risk out of investing and to have an understanding of the strategies,...
Anchor Rising (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Yes, the common advice is simply to ignore NEA-RI Assistant Executive Director Pat Crowley, and for psychological purposes, that is certainly an attractive approach. Its problem is that it's in Crowley's nature to rush to expose more broadly forming strategies...
Forward our Motto (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Repeating a call by Robert G from Madison AMPS (because it's a good idea): Our school-funding system is in crisis, and that crisis is leading to less education in our schools and higher property taxes on our homes. It is time to say, “Enough is enough.” We need to reinvest in our public schools as soon as possible to stop the loss of revenue and then follow through on our promise of comprehensive...
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Indiana House and Senate committees have set December hearing dates for several key issues, including property tax relief. Rep.
No Land Grab (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Atlantic Yards Report Norman Oder explains how the State of NY will approve the triple tax-free arena bonds on Tuesday, without releasing deatils beforehand and allowing for a public hearing and comment, and how various City and State agencies will have to fudge property tax estimates in order to save Bruce Ratner's as much money as possible. article
Chicagoray (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
This is really good stuff from former WLS am conservative talker Jerry Agar who's now at WGN and also pens stuff like this for the Illinois Policy Institute, which everyone should be forced to read every time they cash a welfare check or otherwise rely on Uncle Sam too much as this administration is creating a whole new and improved category of deadbeat. Jerry covers 10 reasons the government screws...
EconLog (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Taxpayer funding of higher education is a forced transfer to the relatively wealthy Socialist author Robert Kuttner once called Proposition 13, California's 1978 property-tax-cut initiative, the revolt of the haves. The latest opposition by UC students to a 32% increase in tuition is a revolt of the "will-haves." Milton Friedman used to remark that the California government, with its state...
Democracy for Vancouver (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
This graphic to the right doesn’t make one proud to be a Washingtonian. And a big part of the reason is Washington, like Florida, has no state income tax. So the sales taxes, the property taxes and all the other “taxes” just keep climbing on the poor while the rich get richer. Oregon needs a sales tax and they need to use some of the money [...] Post from: Democracy for Vancouver...
NEI Nuclear Notes (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
On a crisp morning in 1937, if you asked him, he may have gone with you and his other friends to a fishing spot just over that hill. But to support his disabled father, and his mother and siblings, Virgil Clifton Summer, Jr., graduated from high school and went to work. The Parr Steam Plant had given him a job: sweeping floors and mowing grass. He was then just 16 years old. After four years as a Navy...
Midwest Rock Lobster (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
I'd love to find out what it's like to ride in something like this, but I'd hate to know what the property taxes on this sucker run. I believe this is one of those hydrofoils I've only ever seen on TV. There's no screws on the back, it's apparently a jet powered vehicle, and it's about all this big F350 can tow.
The Business Insider (Free subscription) | yesterday
Everyone knows that the price of property is down right now, but paying less taxes on that property? Unheard of. Except now, even sunny-side city tax assesors are forced to admit that yes, maybe, times are bad, and thus property owners ought not to pay as much as they were at the peak. Maybe. SF Chronicle : Trophy buildings, including One Market Plaza, Bank of America Center, Crocker Galleria, the...
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neilsamsung | 21/11/2009
When it comes to deciding where to buy land for sale , Arkansas probably isn't the first place that comes to mind. However, there are a number of reasons why you should buy land in what Arkansans call The Natural State. Here are seven: 1. The property is undervalued. Experts agree that the pricing of land for sale in Arkansas is about two decades behind other parts of the country. In other words, you...
neilsamsung | 19/11/2009
If you have recently purchased some real estate for investment purposes, you are in good company. Recent reports suggest that as many as 25% of these purchases are made by those who plan on using the property for investment purposes only. If you hope to "flip" the property there are 4 things you must be aware of that can put a crimp on your profits. 1. Property Taxes . Keep the property for a few years...
neilsamsung | 12/11/2009
When it comes to deciding where to buy land for sale , Arkansas probably isn't the first place that comes to mind. However, there are a number of reasons why you should buy land in what Arkansans call The Natural State. Here are seven: 1. The property is undervalued. Experts agree that the pricing of land for sale in Arkansas is about two decades behind other parts of the country. In other words, you...
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