Comments on: DeKalb Reconsiders Wacky Assessment Process http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/24/dekalb-reconsiders/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Thu, 18 Sep 2014 21:31:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: David http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/24/dekalb-reconsiders/#comment-8621 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:07:46 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8621 The tax office has always been a fiefdom of it’s own. For years in Georgia you had to make out your tax check to the commissioner by name. It always gave me the creeps.
I always wondered how many went in his or her personal bank account.

It’s good to be the tax collector.

]]> By: scooby http://www.decaturmetro.com/2009/04/24/dekalb-reconsiders/#comment-8620 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:33:04 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-8620 i called the tax assessor office b/c we had received a notice a couple of weeks ago regarding a reassessed value….we wrote a letter of appeal b/c it went up substantially. anyway, i was concerned if this new appraisal would be based on the old value or the new reassessed value and i was told that they are going to completely reassess all values from scratch (not using existing values to base it on, etc). so, i guess this may be a good thing for some if the value goes down or stays the same – but then again, i’m thinking that if they appraise the values higher (which may be the case for some who have not had a reassessment in quite some time), then it may not be so good after all. just my 2 cents.

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