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Ugh... Ok, Just recently bought my 1st house... GD taxes suck!!
I know you guys probably are used to this, but I just got my 1st "official" property tax bill of my life, and now I'm remebering why renting was so nice...
That and I'm thinkin I may live in the *wrong* little area...
City of Ft Worth
Tarrant county tax
Tarrant hosptial
tarrant college
Northwest ISD
all said and told all that adds up to 3.33157%
I gotta do this every year too don't I?
Ok, rant over...
Who does?Quote:
Originally Posted by rx7gslse
Have you filed for your homestead exemption? I live in the same neck of the woods as you and I can feel your pain. :(
We just got ours as well, and it went down slightly this year. Of course, that doesn't make it any easier to cough up such a big chunk of change every January. :(
Honestly, I have no idea... Keep in mind I'm new at this!Quote:
Originally Posted by POS Racing
Fliiping around websites apparantly I live in about the most complicated location. My property address is Ft Worth, my mailing address is Keller. My physical location is in Tarrant county, but my taxing School district is Denton County.
I was originally told I didn't have to do anything for that when I bought the house, but looking HERE it appears that the mailing address thing may have messed that up for my house...
Ugh, it just gets more complicated!
When you call up your place on the TAD website it will show all the fun stuff. (This is my house):
026 City of Fort Worth
099 Regional Water District
220 Tarrant County
224 Tarrant County Hospital Dist
225 Tarrant County College Dist
605 Cfw Pid #6 (Residential Accts)
907 Keller ISD
Then a below that it shows Exemptions (if you have any).
Exemptions: General Homestead
everyone at my house os compaining about that tonight too.... there are benifits to living at home... not many other than it being free for the most part...
yeah, no exemption listed... Guess I should check on that?
At least I've got less people after my money than you?
026 City of Fort Worth
220 Tarrant County
224 Tarrant County Hospital Dist
225 Tarrant County College Dist
911 Northwest ISD
although, the rate for Ft Worth and NW are a lot higher than Keller & keller ISD.. Grrr...
still learning...
Definitely. I'm suprised your realtor or mortgage broker didn't mention it to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by rx7gslse
The homestead exemption is like a free - and often sizeable - deduction on your property taxes.
well, when I moved in they didn't even knwo what mailing address I was going to have, let alone school district...
but I found the form.. Looks like It's easy....
do you have to do thsi every year, or once?
I believe you're only able to apply for the exemption after a full calender year of owning the house.
I may be wrong.
have to be living in the house Jan 1 of that year according to TADQuote:
Originally Posted by Treibenschnell
Eitherway.. I've been here like a year and a month.
Put a fence up, a couple of cows in the yard, and claim an Ag exemption :lol:
RJ
no kidding... My roomate got his notice today in the mail on the 2 acre lot he's got up in denton. (which they're still farming for the time being)
$5.27
stupid ag execmption! :twisted:
My parents briefly thought about doing that on their property in Colleyville, but when they looked into it you needed to have something like 6 head of cattle to qualify. :?Quote:
Originally Posted by channelmaniac
Yep my Ex Brother in law looked into that as well for the 9 acres he had, we were going to get cow suits and dress up nine Chihuahuas!Quote:
Originally Posted by altiain
Get the homestead exemption well worth the effort!
More information : http://www.window.state.tx.us/taxinf...x/exmptns.htmlQuote:
Q: Do I, as a homeowner, get a tax break from property taxes?
A: You may apply for homestead exemptions on your principal residence. Homestead exemptions remove part of your home's value from taxation, so they lower taxes. For example, your home is appraised at $50,000, and you qualify for a $15,000 exemption, you will pay taxes on the home as if it was worth only $35,000.