Real estate taxes are way up

[LINYbob]

I just got my tax bill for 2021 and it is much higher than last year.

The municipal tax is up 14% from the 2020 bill. WOW!
Last year it was up only 1% over 2019. Is that increase all for the new firehouse they built?

The school tax is up 8% over 2020 vs 4.2% over 2019 - I guess the elementary school must have bought all new computers or something.

And we get no vote in any of this.

[Seacoaster]

I will have to look into this when I receive mine. I always said(as a voter) we were getting sold a book of goods for the school consolidation program, it was said it would reduce our taxes....... now they are up and we have less say in the district

[throbster]

Well at least they are resurfacing roads that don't need it.

[E O Eleven]

[Bigjohnski]

You keep voting these morons in. Deal with it.

[LINYbob]

Out of town owners don't get a vote.

[tyrolean_skier]

I think my Town of Killington tax is up over $600 from last year.. I got my bill yesterday and could not believe the new amount. Because this is a vacation home then we do not get to vote.

[E O Eleven]

[daytripper]

So if you are a legal resident but not a us citizen residing in Vermont you can't vote on property taxes? That just doesn't make sense.

[E O Eleven]

[hillbangin]

So if you are a legal resident but not a us citizen residing in Vermont you can't vote on property taxes? That just doesn't make sense.

You have to be a US Citizen - but property owners don't vote - you only vote where you are registered to vote - and you are only supposed to vote in 1 place in the United States - unless you are a Democrat...........

Am I eligible to vote in Vermont?
Any person may register to vote in the town of his or her residence who, on Election Day:

1. is a citizen of the United States;
2. is a resident of the state of Vermont (and a resident of the town in which you apply to be added to the checklist);
3. has taken, or has previously taken, the Voter’s Oath (formerly called the “Freeman’s Oath”); and
4. is 18 years of age or more.
Any person meeting the requirements above who will be 18 on or before the date of a general election may register and vote in the primary election immediately preceding that general election. See 17 V.S.A. § 2121.

For purposes of voter registration, the Vermont Statutes define residency as follows:

“Resident” shall mean a person who is domiciled in the town as evidenced by an intent to maintain a principal dwelling place in the town indefinitely and to return there if temporarily absent, coupled with an act or acts consistent with that intent. 17 V.S.A. § 2122(b).

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Who is a resident for voting purposes?
Vermont election law defines a resident as “a person who is domiciled in the town as evidenced by an intent to maintain a principal dwelling place in the town indefinitely and to return there if temporarily absent, coupled with an act or acts consistent with that intent.” 17 V.S.A. § 2122(b).

The law creates a subjective standard. This means that it is the voter’s intent and actions that determine residency, not how many nights a year the voter sleeps in town. A voter who has more than one home must decide which one is his or her “principal” dwelling place.

Special cases: Vermont election law allows a person to remain registered in the last town in which they resided if they are in the military, living overseas, in a nursing home or other health care facility, in a veterans home, attending school, or in a correctional institution. See 17 V.S.A. § 2122(a).

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[hillbangin]

I just got my tax bill for 2021 and it is much higher than last year.

The municipal tax is up 14% from the 2020 bill. WOW!
Last year it was up only 1% over 2019. Is that increase all for the new firehouse they built?

The school tax is up 8% over 2020 vs 4.2% over 2019 - I guess the elementary school must have bought all new computers or something.

And we get no vote in any of this.

It's a very good time to sell.......

[Bubba]

The school tax is up 8% over 2020 vs 4.2% over 2019 - I guess the elementary school must have bought all new computers or something.

And we get no vote in any of this.

You ought to know by now that the school tax is a statewide rate and has nothing to do with which town your property is in.

[LINYbob]

True about the school, but this year it is the municipal part that had a huge increase. I don't know why they can't smooth it out a bit. Some years it goes up over 10%, others around 1%.

[Bigjohnski]

Who votes on taxes?? You vote when you elect these thieves