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From: ChangeAustin. org
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 7:56 AM Subject: Guess Who's Not Paying Their Property Taxes----- Original Message ----- Guess who's not paying their property taxes... Property Location Sales Date Sales Price Tax Appraisal 16.8 acres Hwy 71/620 May 2007 $11.2 million $ 3.7 million 18.5 acres Comanche Trail April 2006 $ 5.5 million $ 840,000 Downtown 401 Guadalupe March 2007 $ 4.8 million $ 1.07 million Downtown 68-74 Rainey October 2007 $ 3.2 million $ 753,600 389 acres Hwy 71@FM 973 June 2006 $28.5 million $ 6.6 million *** and many, many more examples available upon request *** While homeowners pay 100% of our property taxes, large commercial owners (largely out-of-state speculators and big developers) have been getting a 40% property tax break -- for years! Why are Austin homeowners fighting for scraps at the tax appraisal hearings when the big guys get off the hook? "The Appraisal District actually threatened me that if I kept pressing my point to lower the appraisal on my home, they would raise it!" - an Anonymous Travis County citizen. Is this is why 8,500 Travis County residents are protesting their property taxes? Join us for an old-fashioned tax protest! Thursday, July 16th, High Noon Travis Central Appraisal District Offices Outside 8314 Cross Park Drive, Austin, TX 78754 Bring your kids, your dogs, your pitch forks and don't forget yourself!!! Sponsored by ChangeAustin. org 512-383-8484 *** Contact@ChangeAusti n.org |
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