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sharon121
in Taxes 1 month ago
New Stoop - Property Taxes
Hi All, My brick stoop is falling apart. Not repairable – it needs to be replaced. I have a 2 family house. The stoop leads…
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huesos
in Taxes 1 year and 5 months ago
Our Coop Has No Depreciation L:eft: How Do We Save for the Future?
Our coop has been able to save several thousand dollars over time to slowly build up a depleted reserve fund. Our CPA just informed us…
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Guest User | 0 secs ago
Increase Assessed Value for Extension and Renovation on 2 family house
Did anyone with an extension encounter a huge increase in assessed value and does anyone know if it can be reduced? i received the 2016/17…
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gates_ave
in Taxes 9 years and 11 months ago
Basic STAR - School Tax Relief, Do I need to re-appy?
I don’t remember re-applying last year and I still got the discount. However, looking at the tax form this year I can’t find if I…
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billcash
in Taxes 9 years and 11 months ago
Tax impact of SRO conversion
Hi, I am considering the purchase of a 2-family townhouse (tax class1) that is being converted from a SRO (tax class2). The house has been…
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soundhoner
in Taxes 9 years and 11 months ago
Income Tax Deductions / 2-Family
For an owner-occupied two-family house (one duplex and one simplex, three floors, with half of the duplex occupied as this is how it was when…
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rositagibson
in Taxes 10 years ago
House being taxed as a 3 family + high assessment roll
Hello, the Department of Finance has been taxing a home I will be closing on in a few weeks as a C0-WALK-UP APARTMENT (3-family house)…
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deancollins
in Taxes 10 years and 2 months ago
Coop abatement letters? (late?)
Has anyone received their 2015 coop abatement notices? http://www1.nyc.gov/site/finance/benefits/property-benefit-forms/benefits-forms-property-owners-condo-coop.page I’m the treasurer for a small coop here in Brooklyn heights and we normally get our…
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guest4
in Taxes 10 years and 3 months ago
Tax appeal
I converted a 4-unit TH to single-family in 2006/2007\. When looking at the market value of later-renovated and larger single-family on the block (so they…
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spicygreencurry
in Taxes 10 years and 5 months ago
fighting city assessment of RE taxes
has anyone had any luck in fighting the cities assesment our taxes just DOUBLED!!! their assesment is super high. I know there is a day…
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stickerhappy
in Taxes 10 years and 7 months ago
Will adding a roof deck affect my RE taxes?
I’m considering creating a roof deck, getting permits and following code. Would this have much of an affect on my RE taxes?
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jakester
in Taxes 10 years and 7 months ago
Estimating Tax Change
Hi guys, I’m just in the final stretch of a closing on a home, and trying to figure out how to estimate taxes on the…
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deanbh
in Taxes 10 years and 7 months ago
City Taxes !!
I just got the new city taxes for July 2015/16 for the coop they have gone UP $1495.04 PER QTR !! Our entire years taxes…
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ps158
in Taxes 10 years and 9 months ago
NYC Dept of Finance charged me interest on a bill I didn't know existed.
We just found out FROM OUR MORTGAGER that we owe NYC Dept of Finance close to $2,000 in taxes. It turns out, after calling the…
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ps158
in Taxes 10 years and 9 months ago
Real Property Income & Expense Statements - Do I need to File This?
I was just on the NYC Dept of Finance website and saw this as one of their main announcements: REAL PROPERTY INCOME AND EXPENSE (RPIE)…
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jakester
in Taxes 10 years and 10 months ago
Should we expect a tax reassessment after purchase?
We’re in the process of purchasing a 2 family home in bed-stuy. The property has been paying very low taxes (even by Brooklyn standards). I’m…
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brooklyntoqueens
in Taxes 10 years and 10 months ago
How to capitalize gut renovation expenses into the cost basis of our property
I’m about to start the process of doing my taxes…we spent a lot on our renovation and it’s important for me that this amount is…
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bkjl
in Taxes 10 years and 11 months ago
Increase on Market Value of new house and Property Tax
I recently purchase a 2 family house (Tax Class 1) and I just received a letter from NYC finance that stated my property value has…
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