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huesos
in Taxes 8 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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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 2 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 2 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 2 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 9 years and 3 months 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 9 years and 5 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 9 years and 6 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 9 years and 8 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 9 years and 10 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 9 years and 10 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 9 years and 10 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 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 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 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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babyjordan
in Taxes 10 years and 3 months ago
Property tax challenge/tax certiorari law firm
Does anyone have a recommendation of a law firm that specializes in challenging property tax assessments (tax certiorari) for a single family home?
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