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[Gator6x4]

Like Obrother and Brandon...

Naw neither one of those two tried to pull off an insurrection.

 

[Gator6x4]

That's a new one on me. How does one store gold in an IRA? Is there some sort of government controlled lock box? I wonder how they keep track of all those bars of gold? And here I thought that IRAs were the same as bank accounts - basically just ink on a piece of paper.
I must be way out of date.
What else can be kept in an IRA? How about tractors? Talk about being stable, our vintage JD hasn't done any real work in at least ten years. Some years it doesn't even move.... hard to get more stable than that.
rScotty

Me thinks you are correct and up to date.

 

[two_bit_score]

I don’t think having 28 special assessments on my tax bill would be pleasant. Without any, my assessments have risen to the point of hurting when the bills come.

Does your state separate the property valuation and the tax rate? IOW, does the local Appraisal district place an appraisal value on each property in the county which the local tax entities then set a RATE for their tax levy? Do property owners have the right to contest or appeal the valuations placed on their property by the local appraisal district?

 

[two_bit_score]

That's a new one on me. How does one store gold in an IRA? Is there some sort of government controlled lock box? I wonder how they keep track of all those bars of gold?

Homepage - Texas Bullion Depository

The Texas Bullion Depository, Texas' first ever state-administered precious metals bullion depository for storage of your precious metals.

www.texasbulliondepository.gov

 

[Hay Dude]

Does your state separate the property valuation and the tax rate? IOW, does the local Appraisal district place an appraisal value on each property in the county which the local tax entities then set a RATE for their tax levy? Do property owners have the right to contest or appeal the valuations placed on their property by the local appraisal district?

Mine does. I appealed my assessed value from the county and won. They didn’t even haggle with me.
I probably should have asked for an even lower assessed value.

 

[two_bit_score]

And yet people just keep on pulling the Same lever in the voting booth.
When you keep selling yourself as someone who gives away money, when in reality you are someone who actually takes money, but you can still get people to vote for you because you are attractive, have great hair or went to Harvard……man that’s just genius.

A very gullible electorate.

 

[Hay Dude]

A very gullible electorate.

I think they were educated this way

 

[two_bit_score]

I think they were educated this way

They had to be very gullible first to accept that kind of education.

 

[two_bit_score]

Mine does. I appealed my assessed value from the county and won. They didn’t even haggle with me.
I probably should have asked for an even lower assessed value.

In Texas there is serious consideration being given to placing the state on a path to property tax elimination. IMHO, just getting rid of the appraisal bureaucracy in every county will be a huge total $$ saving. It's in the kicking and screaming stage right now so, wait and see.

 

[jyoutz]

In Texas there is serious consideration being given to placing the state on a path to property tax elimination. IMHO, just getting rid of the appraisal bureaucracy in every county will be a huge total $$ saving. It's in the kicking and screaming stage right now so, wait and see.

So that just means that user fees and sales taxes will increase if there are no property taxes. There is no magic bullet.