re: Parish Assessor's Office showed up at my house today

ALL government entities are in a cash grab mode on the citizens. Property owners are easy targets because you can't move it.

They want you bankrolling larger operations and their guaranteed retirements funded since the trusts they are in have not been meeting projections and are going bankrupt facing massive unfunded liabilities.

I did NOT pull permits. I expect it when that happens.

And I am the only address in my area, at least for this guy, as he showed me his clipboard with his assignments and the next one was way across town. At least one would assume they would assign by area but it is the parish government after all.

I asked for the guys ID and he handed me a laminated card from his wallet that must have been 15 years old and could have been made by a third grader. I said "That's not much of an ID" and he said "Well its not much of a job being a Deputy Assessor."

At least I am laughing until this minimum wage fool raises my taxes.

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This should NOT be the case any more in EBR. What parish are you in?

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EBRP. Capital Heights and Odgen Park are the culprits. Most have purchased homes after 2003.

The EBR Attorney's office made it clear to me a couple years ago when I was disputing an expropriation of some of my property that the government owns all of the land and only allows us to use it until they need it.

NOLA article on audit

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LTC's oversight of parish tax assessors does not ensure that residential property tax assessments are accurate," the audit says. It adds, "We found some homeowners who owed significantly more in property taxes than their neighbors, despite the properties having similar fair market values."

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Been down this road before. Ended up paying more taxes Compare your neighbors online.

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Well no wonder your state is broke.

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Well....the state doesn't get property tax.

Hell...my neighbors are still paying taxes for "undeveloped land". I pay $2000ish last year. They paid $58.

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Why do people see this as a "tax increase"? It is more like a "tax correction"...

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Because I believe that owning a primary residence free and clear, which includes not paying property tax on it, should be an option for everyone. Even if you pay your house off, you never really own it. It's messed up if you think about it.

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That's some unfair shite that was supposed to be all fixed up. Kinda shocked it's still not.

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I'll be sure to raise hell if my neighbors aren't paying the same, when I assume they jack up mine this year based on the sales price.

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Not sure why measuring a house is a two-person job.

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Someone to measure and someone to supervise.

This is the real problem, it is essentially laziness on the part of the Assessor. It is easier and less costly to review the mortgage records and to take the value of the new mortgage or sale price and assess the property. If you borrow it may happen as well. It is particularly bad in Ascension. Where the new people essentially are paying taxes for the existing structures who see the benefits and the negatives of increased housing and land value. If everyone was assessed fairly, then the way a millage is designed, they have the option to lower everyone's taxes, but they never do. Property taxes are the worst when you consider non-property owners get to vote on taxing the ones who do own property. Also, Commercial is even worse. If your value was such that the assessment put you high; then your business fails or the State puts up a median or red light or something that kills your business, they will not reassess your property.