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taxguru · 10-31-2007, 03:17 PM

pay the school portion of property taxes IF they did not have any children in said school system? If so, when was this changed?<br />oklahoma city, oklahoma<br />

Vietleeurorse · 10-31-2007, 03:17 PM

I don't know the answer but I know that school systems and property taxes are a local issue and you will not be able to get an accurate answer unless you specify the city and state in which you live (ans/or possibly the county). A law such as the one you have described would likely be a local law and not a national one.

PapaJoe · 10-31-2007, 03:17 PM

Never heard of it. Financing of public schools has been considered a public burden in this country since the 1600's. Taxes to support public schools are not tuition but the support that we all have to pay. People with no children used to be children themselves, and mostly likely were public school students. It would have been impossible for their parents to pay for their education without the support of taxpayers who no longer had students in the system. It is payback time.

broker · 10-31-2007, 03:17 PM

It varies by state and sometimes by county or city. In MA, a declaration of Homestead does nothing for property tax. In FL, there is a generous and bizarre Homestead Exemption, and last I heard the politicians were trying to make it more bizarre.

10-31-2007, 03:17 PM	#1
taxguru Greenhorn Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 29 Rep Power: 6	Was there at any time a law that stated that if a person filed Homestead Exemption, they would not have to...? pay the school portion of property taxes IF they did not have any children in said school system? If so, when was this changed?<br />oklahoma city, oklahoma<br />

10-31-2007, 03:17 PM	#2
Vietleeurorse Greenhorn Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 5	Was there at any time a law that stated that if a person filed Homestead Exemption, they would not have to...? I don't know the answer but I know that school systems and property taxes are a local issue and you will not be able to get an accurate answer unless you specify the city and state in which you live (ans/or possibly the county). A law such as the one you have described would likely be a local law and not a national one.

10-31-2007, 03:17 PM	#3
PapaJoe Greenhorn Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 32 Rep Power: 6	Was there at any time a law that stated that if a person filed Homestead Exemption, they would not have to...? Never heard of it. Financing of public schools has been considered a public burden in this country since the 1600's. Taxes to support public schools are not tuition but the support that we all have to pay. People with no children used to be children themselves, and mostly likely were public school students. It would have been impossible for their parents to pay for their education without the support of taxpayers who no longer had students in the system. It is payback time.

10-31-2007, 03:17 PM	#4
broker Greenhorn Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 39 Rep Power: 6	Was there at any time a law that stated that if a person filed Homestead Exemption, they would not have to...? It varies by state and sometimes by county or city. In MA, a declaration of Homestead does nothing for property tax. In FL, there is a generous and bizarre Homestead Exemption, and last I heard the politicians were trying to make it more bizarre.

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