[Neighbors] How to Protest the Dallas County Property Tax Rate (you got a postcard about it last week)

[Richard Misdom]

Thanks Marilou

214.287.1350

On Sat, Aug 13, 2022, 2:55 PM mmsimon--- via Neighbors <
neighbors at lj-estates.com> wrote:

> Hi Neighbors,
>
> I hope this isn’t taken as political, but it concerns that postcard every
> homeowner got in the mail last week headed “Notice of Estimated Taxes.” If
> you are fine with the amount of your property taxes, please read no
> further.
>
>
>
> That postcard gives you the opportunity to voice your opinion on the
> property tax RATE.  Lowering our property tax RATE is good for everybody.
> This is different from homeowners protesting their own property taxes each
> year.  My info comes from DMN consumer columnist Dave Lieber. Here’s a link
> to his article, but you have to be a subscriber to open the link.
>
>
>
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> https://www.dallasnews.com/news/watchdog/2022/07/22/how-to-slug-it-out-with-your-governing-bodies-over-property-taxes/
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> In short, this is how he says to protest:
>
>    1. Type in the following address (it’s on the postcard)
>    https://Texas.gov/propertytaxes (if you don’t type it in exactly, you
>    may be led to sites that will charge you)
>    2. Click on the orange button that says “Find your county’s website”
>    3. Click on “Dallas County” it’s on page 3
>    4. In the search bar, type in your name or address to find your
>    property
>    5. Click on your account number
>    6. Under the first option—City of Dallas—click on Feedback.
>    7. This is what Dave Lieber recommends you write--“Dear Mayor and City
>    Council. First, thank you for what you do for our city. I am [name],
>    residing at [address], and I’m writing you to go on record that we stick to
>    the “No-New-Revenue” tax rate. With inflation rampant and energy costs up,
>    let’s tighten our belts. I implore you to make cuts wherever possible, just
>    like my family must do. Thank you.” It also wants you to fill in a few
>    other questions.
>
>
>
> You can see from the bar graphs that “No-New-Revenue” is the option with
> the lowest rate increase.  It used to be that to protest the tax rate, you
> had to go to a meeting and speak before a panel. Who does that? Nobody.
> This new “transparency” gives us all the opportunity to make an “armchair
> protest” –which I like much better--and people may actually participate.
>
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> You are all smart people, please don’t just take my word for all of this,
> but do your own research, too. I’m not a politically active person, but I
> also don’t want to be taken advantage of by the government and sit by while
> they have free rein to increase the property tax rate. I’ve been hearing
> for years that the best way to put a halt to the increasing property taxes
> is to put a hold on the property tax rate. We finally have the chance to
> easily do that. But it takes all of us.
>
>
>
> If anybody knows more about this, please share it with me or our
> community. This is all new to me and I may be misunderstanding
> something—which I hope isn’t the case because I already sent my feedback. I
> trust Dave Lieber—he’s a great consumer advocate.
>
>
>
> Take care,
>
> Marilou Simon
>
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