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Taxes

Meeting With Supervisor Yields Answers– Sort of.

February 6, 2007

I mentioned earlier that I was having a sit-down with Charles Allbaugh. Allbaugh is a Rivanna District representative on the Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors. I wanted to meet with him in order to get some type of feel for how the administration in the county is reacting to the recent assessments, and what, if [...]

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Finding Answers in Fluvanna

January 27, 2007

In response to the many calls, emails, and comments I have received from people regarding the assessments in Fluvanna County, I have tried to get answers.  To that end, I have scheduled a meeting with Rivanna District Supervisor Charles Allbaugh.  While he acknowledges that he is on the Board of Supervisors, and not from the [...]

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The Market Determines Price, Not the Government

January 25, 2007

I have observed a rather disturbing sentiment surfacing as a result of the Fluvanna County assessment controversy. I have heard a number of people say things like, “Well now I am going to sell, because my the county says my house is worth ‘X,’” or, sellers who say, “now I don’t have to negotiate the [...]

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Lots of Goings On In Fluvanna

January 24, 2007

Alright, let me start by admitting that I am out of the office this week. Not to fear, however, since my phone is still ringing, and my inbox is still filling with emails from people about their assessments. I have also noticed that there have been a number of comments left on the blog, which [...]

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The Tip of the Iceberg

January 19, 2007

The Fluvanna reassessments are out, and I can’t imagine that this is a fun week for the folks over at the Fluvanna County Commissioner of Revenue’s office.  I talked about this twice before, and now that the time is here, our phones at the office has been ringing and I have been getting emails from [...]

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Let the Fun Begin. . .

January 18, 2007

Fluvanna County residents are receiving their reassessments in the mail this week. I have already heard from some residents who were shocked and now concerned. I have done a little looking at some of the numbers compared to recent sales. After just a look at the most recent county sales in December, some interesting trends [...]

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Virginia Is For Lovers– And People Who Like to Keep Their Hard-Earned Cash

January 16, 2007

A client of mine pointed out this CNNMoney.com list of the most tax-friendly states. He currently resides in New York, but recently bought a home here in the Charlottesville area that he hopes to move to permanently very soon. New York was the second LEAST tax-friendly state when it comes to tax burden as a [...]

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Fluvanna Reassessment Still Looks Bleak

November 21, 2006

NBC 29 ran a story on Friday that covered the property reassessment in Fluvanna County. According to the story, the county is preparing residents for an average 40% increase in property assessments for 2007. That’s a 40% tax increase. About a month ago, I covered this in a post I wrote that attempted to show [...]

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Citizens of Fluvanna– BEWARE!

October 16, 2006

Those that know me will surely tell you that I am no doomsayer. Actaully, many people would call me an optimist almost to a fault (if that is possible). Sometimes, however, I cannot help but think that things have the possibility of becoming very, very, bad indeed. In the latest issue of the Fluvanna Review, [...]

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