taxation

Unreasonable property tax changes

It seems a whole bunch of people filed complaints about their tax bills going up this year. I filed an appeal, and shared information on how to file on this site back before the March 31st deadline. This year, county property owners filed 4,300 complaints, up 39 percent from 2014, contesting the assessed valuations of Read More

Sensible taxation strategy

Reward the good behavior, penalize the bad- that’s management 101. Unfortunately, the American economic ecosystem isn’t sensible, rational or working very well for most of us. What passes for debate is more like a game of “gotcha” than a discussion of the merits and failings of our systems. Instead we talk about irrational ideas like Read More