Real Estate Taxes
Posted on February 25, 2010
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Everyone pays taxes all their lives. We pay taxes on our purchases as well as property tax to cover the road in from of our homes, the school down the street and the value of our home.
Taxes can be costly but it is important when you are buying or own your own real estate property. Real estate property is based on the value of your home the higher the value is the more your property taxes are going to be each year.
Every state, county, school system, or city has individual tax percentage rates that we pay on property. The rates are calculated by the state, county, school, and city as individual taxes and than calculated accordingly. If your area school needs more money to accommodate, the children that attended the facility, your taxes might be higher than the property owner down the road in a different school district. The percentage rates depend on the area that you live in.
Some states cost more to live in than others. The more state parks, schools, population and even the weather have a lot to do with our taxes. For instance the taxes might be higher in Florida that in Michigan because of the tourist that come through there making living expenses higher as well as taxes.
Michigan might have many ski resorts to attract more people but Minnesota might have more so their taxes would be higher than Michigan. Factories and different workplaces will increase the value of your home because people will move to the area where job are more plentiful than somewhere else will. The more lake property around you that attracts people from other places will increase your property taxes because it will takes more money for the state to keep them up. All of the above will increase your property taxes because they make your property value go up.
The more buildings on your property and the sizes of them will increase your property. The larger the building the more money it is worth to you and the state so the more the property taxes are going to be. The looks of your buildings will increase your taxes because looks mean a great deal to the value.
Landscaping around your property is a big and when it comes to selling and buying property. One tree planted or a couple of shrubs will increase the value tremendously. Trees are nature and very expensive but when you sell the property you will make money because it is worth more each year that it grows.
The value of your property may bring up you taxes but in the end, you can profit from the high taxes because of the increase of the property value as a whole.
Martin Lukac
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How do deduct real estate taxes on 1040a?
I purchased a home in October, 2007. My monthly mortgage payment includes my county, state, and school taxes (they are placed in Escrow).
Apparently my tax payments will be paid out of escrow in April, May and August of 2008.
Does that mean that I can not claim real estate for my 2007 return?
(At closing, I did have to reimburse the seller for real estate taxes he had already paid up to Dec. 31.)
So far you haven’t got any property taxes to itemize.
The amount you paid at closing is part of your basis. (Actually, I think the seller reimbursed you if he paid through 12/31.)
The amounts paid in 2008 are 2008 taxes.
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If you refunded real estate taxes to the seller in your closing statement, then you deduct the amount you refunded them.. do you know the amount? Look on your closing hub and it should display the amount allocated to property taxes. Anything paid in 2008, cannot be deducted in your itemized until next year. Best Wishes!
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Same thing happened to me when I bought a home, the reimbursement was deductible.
you can’t file a form 1040a if you want to deduct real estate taxes and mortgage interest - you have to file the 1040 long form and those items get listed on Schedule A
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Your lender will send you a 1098 for interest and taxes paid in 2007. If you did not actually pay property tax in 2007, you cannot claim it.
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