dbodkin
Senior Member
A little background.
I moved to Elberton 18 months ago. Bought a fixer upper, fixed it. Now I get the 2018 assement in todays mail. The reassement went up by nearly 45% and I have applied for the homstead and senior citizen exemptions. Elbert county wants 4 times what I paid for taxes on a much larger house. Unlike Forsyth County, Elbert gives very little relief for seniors. Forsyth Senior exemption greatly reduced my school taxes but Elbert gives pennies :-( Even though I've never had or will have kids in public school
I'm really questioning my move out here to HooterVille. :-( To give some close numbers Forsyth county 2016 $300 Elbert County 2017 $900. Elbert County 2018 $1300.
Besides the "appeal" process what can I do?
I moved to Elberton 18 months ago. Bought a fixer upper, fixed it. Now I get the 2018 assement in todays mail. The reassement went up by nearly 45% and I have applied for the homstead and senior citizen exemptions. Elbert county wants 4 times what I paid for taxes on a much larger house. Unlike Forsyth County, Elbert gives very little relief for seniors. Forsyth Senior exemption greatly reduced my school taxes but Elbert gives pennies :-( Even though I've never had or will have kids in public school
I'm really questioning my move out here to HooterVille. :-( To give some close numbers Forsyth county 2016 $300 Elbert County 2017 $900. Elbert County 2018 $1300.
Besides the "appeal" process what can I do?