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Before getting too worked up about how this increase will affect your taxes, it is important to remfember that the rate will go down more or less in proportion to the increase in your assessment. If your property went up at exactly the county average of 80 percent, your tax will not go up because of the higher assessment. Your taxes may well go up, but for different reasons, like shrinking state funding for our public school system.
If you aren’t confused yet, here is another wrinkle: The rate of increase is different in different parts of the county, so if you are in a part of the county that increased more or less than average, your tax will go up or down accordingly.
In Fauquier, one district had an average increase of 92 percent while another increased 144 percent. That’s a big spread from their county wide average, and we can expect a similar sort of spread here. Hearing the people
Board of Assessors (BOA) hearings to address assessment complaints began last Thursday, and despite heavy snow and icy roads, a number of intrepid souls showed up to make their case for a lower assessment. Some looked to nearby parcels for comparison, and thought they were being assessed high- but they were comparing their current assessment with their neighbor’s last assessment. One gentleman made no argument at all, but simply asked for consideration, telling the BOA, “I can’t stand the pressure with my income, that’s what I’m saying. I don’t want to sell, so anything you can do... I’m not begging, but my concern is how am I going to be able to afford this?” Many others are
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