So the form was pretty straight forward list items your business owns (assets) and your approximate valuation. We (being apparently very gullible) listed all our major business assets and an approximate value to the best accuracy we could based upon what we had spent originally and what state the stuff was in now. We came up with about $400 dollars worth of stuff. Then we send in our form.
Meanwhile the local bureaucrats take this form and send us one back informing us that our business assets have been "appraised" at $1600 dollars. I use the term "appraised" lightly because these goons never once even asked to look at the items in question... What does that mean?
It means the whole initial form was nothing but a con-game. It wasn't about us giving an accurate representation of our business assets and their valuation, it was about us giving a list to the local goons of what they could tax. Once they had that list they made up their own valuation of the items and informed us of what they were worth and how much we "owed" them.
The new form they sent us included instruction in how to "contest" the "appraisal." Once again utter bullshit. By "contest" they mean if I have a problem with their massive over-valuation of my assets, they will schedule a hearing and I can try and prove that the government's completely invented appraisal was incorrect.
So I can dredge out years old receipts, take photos of the wear and tear on my items. Try to prove that they have exceeded even the brand new, retail value of the items or I can pay my bill which amounts to about $43 dollars.
F'in Muther f"n @#$%^%#^%^@&@$&%&@#@$ scam-ass goon con-men.
That is what they are banking on. The idea that my time is worth enough that I would rather pay their B.S. fee than make a big stink to go through the process of contesting their so-called "appraisal."
I have to prove my items aren't worth an appraisal amount of an official government appraiser when everyone involved knows damn-well that no real appraisal was EVER actually done!!!! That is the last time I try to be a good citizen and give an accurate accounting of my assets to a government entity. This city is supposed to be business friendly well @#$$ that. Whoever heard of taxing business assets. I mean if you are a big store with lots of inventory you would be forking out thousands of dollars to these people for the privilege of owning goods you later intend to sell.
I can just imagine this bureaucrat "appraiser" sitting in their office. "All you have to do is take the value they entered for their items, multiply it by four and enter that as the appraisal value. Then calculate their taxes based upon the new figure."
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