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stickerhappy

in Taxes 9 years and 4 months ago

Will adding a roof deck affect my RE taxes?

I’m considering creating a roof deck, getting permits and following code. Would this have much of an affect on my RE taxes?

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jakester

in Taxes 9 years and 5 months ago

Estimating Tax Change

Hi guys, I’m just in the final stretch of a closing on a home, and trying to figure out how to estimate taxes on the…

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deanbh

in Taxes 9 years and 5 months ago

City Taxes !!

I just got the new city taxes for July 2015/16 for the coop they have gone UP $1495.04 PER QTR !! Our entire years taxes…

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ps158

in Taxes 9 years and 7 months ago

Real Property Income & Expense Statements - Do I need to File This?

I was just on the NYC Dept of Finance website and saw this as one of their main announcements: REAL PROPERTY INCOME AND EXPENSE (RPIE)…

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ps158

in Taxes 9 years and 7 months ago

NYC Dept of Finance charged me interest on a bill I didn't know existed.

We just found out FROM OUR MORTGAGER that we owe NYC Dept of Finance close to $2,000 in taxes. It turns out, after calling the…

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jakester

in Taxes 9 years and 7 months ago

Should we expect a tax reassessment after purchase?

We’re in the process of purchasing a 2 family home in bed-stuy. The property has been paying very low taxes (even by Brooklyn standards). I’m…

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brooklyntoqueens

in Taxes 9 years and 7 months ago

How to capitalize gut renovation expenses into the cost basis of our property

I’m about to start the process of doing my taxes…we spent a lot on our renovation and it’s important for me that this amount is…

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bkjl

in Taxes 9 years and 9 months ago

Increase on Market Value of new house and Property Tax

I recently purchase a 2 family house (Tax Class 1) and I just received a letter from NYC finance that stated my property value has…

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babyjordan

in Taxes 9 years and 9 months ago

Property tax challenge/tax certiorari law firm

Does anyone have a recommendation of a law firm that specializes in challenging property tax assessments (tax certiorari) for a single family home?

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spicygreencurry

in Taxes 10 years and 8 months ago

tax class mysteriously changed from 1 to 2a

Hi all we are buying a home and we just received the report from the title company and they showed that the tax class is…

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