Other than challenging you clients property taxes there is little recourse to lower property taxes.

Property tax will always spiral upward until taxpayer-homeowners take action. This means taxpayers need to get organized. Grassroots organizations need to form when the pain gets too great. Who else will  tell elected officials what they want?

Taxpayers need to weed out ineffective politicians and see that the property tax bite gets negotiated downward.  The cost of government in many cases need to be capped and the only way to get recognized is by organizing. Look at all the taxes:

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago… and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.

This is an example how whole communities are blatantly over-assessed and of how great the potential for over-taxed homes that exist in an area (Jackson Township, New Jersey, in this case).

Two New Jersey men living in a senior development won their tax appeal and shared them with their community. They were able to get assessment dropped to $158,700 from $188,600 on one home and saw the assessment reduced to $176,900 from $221,800, saving $1,798 in taxes on the other home.

But it didn’t end there. They traveled around town educating other seniors on how to file tax appeals. Finally the tax assessor got involved and took action.

Some 3,000 homeowners in Westlake, Westlake II, Metedeconk, South Knolls and Cooks Bridge saw their assessments drop. Some 1,400 homeowners in Sixty Acre Reserve, Crystal Brook and Three Pence Brooke — three townhouse developments — saw their assessments increase.

The decreases gave homeowners approximately $500 to $1,600 a year in tax savings. Jackson Township suffered a net loss of $60 million in ratables, or $2.4 million in tax revenue, the tax assessor said.

However, the tax assessor said the town would have lost even more if it had been flooded with appeals.  The huge extra cost of the town lawyer’s time and other office costs (that is all written off to the collective taxpayers) would have rattled everyone’s cage.

If these two men didn’t step up to the plate, nothing would have happened. Is there opportunity in your area for a property tax consultant? How many homes remain over-assessed and ignored by the government tax assessment process.

For full article see: 2 Jackson men spur appeals of tax bills
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA

In a recent letter Dan Kennedy talks about using a media stunt to attract business like what happened in the Super Bowl when Janet Jackson exposed her breast, Lady Godiva rode naked through town on a horse, Joe Cossman had a train carload of potatoes delivered to the street outside The Tonight Show where he was to appear with Johnny Carson to promote his Spud Gun, …. You get the idea.

Raleigh Pinskey's orchestrated some of these, and writes about them – along with other strategies – in the book Kennedy recommends, 101 WAYS TO PROMOTE YOUR BUSINESS.

You don’t have to be too brazen. Even a local ad to draw eyeballs and having them meet you on a street corner for a free checup consultation and perhaps giving them a  free brochure that will give them information about the property taxes and your contact information is a start.

Here is something off the wall and not on topic

It really works! 

 How smart is Your Right Foot?  Just try this.  It is from an orthopedic surgeon…………  This will boggle your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but you can't.  It's preprogrammed in your brain! 
 
1. While sitting where you are at your desk in front of your computer, lift your right foot off the floor and make clockwise circles. 
 
2.  Now, while doing this, draw the number '6' in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction! 
 
I told you so!!!  And there's nothing you can do about it!  You and I both know that before the day is done you are going to try it again, if you've not already done so.  Send it to your buddies to frustrate them too.    

Kinda of like when you think you're being hosed and you're reaction is you'd like to do something about it?

Newspapers receive phone calls from people who can’t afford to pay their property taxes (one couple had their tax bill increase by nearly 87%) as the “Missourian News” reported last week.  The phenomena is occurring nationwide as property taxes continue to soar.

From Miami to Washington State, California to New Jersey property taxes are out of control. When property values rise the assessments rise. When property values fall, assessments still get divided among the property owners to foot ever increasing government spending. In other words, when home values drop, homesteaders could be paying the same - or even slightly higher property taxes.  One in five people work for Big Brother and guess who pays the freight?

Property taxes and big government budget over-runs  will not disappear from the landscape any time soon.  As a property tax consultant you can find inequities and help those who neither have the time or resources to challenge their property  tax bill.  In this age of turbulent real estate price fluctuations, finding comparables that make your subject property’s case should be relatively easy. Property tax consultation for peace of mind in scrutinizing homesteaders tax bills is in high demand