Top 10 Ways to Reduce House TAX!
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How-to-Basic: Reduce Property Taxes
Top 10 Ways to Reduce House TAX!
How-to-Basic: Reducing Property Taxes
How-to-Basic: How to Reduce Property Taxes
How to Minimize Property Taxes
Do You Want to Pay Fewer Property Taxes?
Do You Want to Pay Less Property Tax?
Don't Want to Pay Property Taxes?
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Want to build an extension but don't want to pay all the property taxes after construction? Well, here are some easy tips that will help significantly reduce or even eliminate the tax of your house extension.
First of all, homeowners own their home, so isn't it so unfair that they still have to pay property taxes? The government is just robbing people's hard-earned cash. Below are some ways to spite the government, mostly legally.
Step 1: Build a sunroom.
In many, if not most, places, sunrooms do not count as living area. Therefore, they cannot be taxed there. Of course, only build after the permits are approved. Sunrooms are probably the most-known property tax loophole. If sunrooms count as living area where you live, then don't build it.
Step 2: Build a big shed, barn, or detached garage.
If zoning permits it (varies by individual neighborhood even within same municipality), definitely build a shed for a bedroom. In all places, sheds are legally never counted as living space, and cannot be taxed. Unlike sunrooms, sheds do not require permits. Best of all, Home Depot, Lowes, and other stores have premade sheds so large that they are 2 storey, 24-foot-by-48-foot, 2688-square-foot. Yet, they are under $50K! https://www.alansfactoryoutlet.com/hs-fs/hub/72859/file-2629691189-pdf/2-story-garage-prices-virginiaSheet1.pdf The example I showed was actually a barn, as barns are legally just sheds. That's a great deal for non-HOA homeowners, regardless of whether or not they are living in expensive metropolises like New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, etcetera.
Step 3: Build a large tent.
Like sheds, barns, and detached garages, large building-like tents do not count as living area and hence cannot be taxed. This is how Tesla was able to suddenly build it's own tent for the factory extension with no delay without any permits.
Step 4: Park RVs, mobile homes, and container homes in the backyard, if zoning allows.
Parking them in the front yard for long-term is generally a no-no in most places. However, parking them in the backyard long-term is legal in most places. After parking them, rent them out. Some people have even gone so extreme that they rent out beater minivans as an apartment.
Step 5: Build covered parking with walls and doorway but without the door.
This is legally a carport. Carports are outdoors, so they legally do not count as living area. Whereas, garages may or may not count as living area, depending on municipality. After the inspectors finish their final inspection, then install a garage door to enclose it. While illegal, it is so minor that no one would even notice it. In fact, normal people expect a door to be installed as carports are the exception and look unfinished.
Step 6: Build a finished room with window openings and doorways but without windows and doors.
Like the carport, that room becomes a porch/patio/verandah/portico, and so is outside. Hence, it doesn't count as living space and cannot be taxed. After inspection, install the doors and windows.
Step 7: Build sleeping rooms without closets.
They are legally dens and are subject to less tax than bedrooms. You'll still have to pay taxes for the square footage though. In the USA and Canada, sleeping rooms must have closets in order to legally be bedrooms. If you want to sell your house, then add closets before selling.
Step 8: Do retroactive remodeling.
Get a permit to do a remodel that removes some doors, so there are legally fewer rooms, especially bedrooms. The first thing to remove are closet doors, so bedrooms become dens. Isn't it great when your 4-bedroom house legally becomes a studio? After inspection is done, install back the doors, but change to quick-release hinges, so that the door is no longer a fixture and thus not legally a door. You may also install folding doors, as that makes the enclosed areas flex rooms and not legally rooms. Even further from the reach of the law, you may install accordion doors of the toy plastic type or cloth type, as they are so flimsy that they themselves are probably not doors.
Step 9: Build a retractable section of the house.
Normally, your house would be expanded because you'd like a bigger living space. However, only the area when retracted is taxed. Also, since it is retractable, even if the building inspectors come, you can just retract it for a couple hours, until they leave.
Step 10: Do business from home.
According to US tax law, you are entitled to property tax exemptions from operating expenses related to commercial activities done at home. That is regardless of whether profit is earned or not, so even charitable acts may qualify for tax exemptions. This may reduce your property taxes to zero.
Step 10B: Rent out a room(s).
If you do not want to do long-term, then do Airbnb. This is part of Step 10.
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How-to-Basic: Reduce Property Taxes
Top 10 Ways to Reduce House TAX!
How-to-Basic: Reducing Property Taxes
How-to-Basic: How to Reduce Property Taxes
How to Minimize Property Taxes
Do You Want to Pay Fewer Property Taxes?
Do You Want to Pay Less Property Tax?
Don't Want to Pay Property Taxes?
© 2019 00crashtest. All rights reserved.
Want to build an extension but don't want to pay all the property taxes after construction? Well, here are some easy tips that will help significantly reduce or even eliminate the tax of your house extension.
First of all, homeowners own their home, so isn't it so unfair that they still have to pay property taxes? The government is just robbing people's hard-earned cash. Below are some ways to spite the government, mostly legally.
Step 1: Build a sunroom.
In many, if not most, places, sunrooms do not count as living area. Therefore, they cannot be taxed there. Of course, only build after the permits are approved. Sunrooms are probably the most-known property tax loophole. If sunrooms count as living area where you live, then don't build it.
Step 2: Build a big shed, barn, or detached garage.
If zoning permits it (varies by individual neighborhood even within same municipality), definitely build a shed for a bedroom. In all places, sheds are legally never counted as living space, and cannot be taxed. Unlike sunrooms, sheds do not require permits. Best of all, Home Depot, Lowes, and other stores have premade sheds so large that they are 2 storey, 24-foot-by-48-foot, 2688-square-foot. Yet, they are under $50K! https://www.alansfactoryoutlet.com/hs-fs/hub/72859/file-2629691189-pdf/2-story-garage-prices-virginiaSheet1.pdf The example I showed was actually a barn, as barns are legally just sheds. That's a great deal for non-HOA homeowners, regardless of whether or not they are living in expensive metropolises like New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, etcetera.
Step 3: Build a large tent.
Like sheds, barns, and detached garages, large building-like tents do not count as living area and hence cannot be taxed. This is how Tesla was able to suddenly build it's own tent for the factory extension with no delay without any permits.
Step 4: Park RVs, mobile homes, and container homes in the backyard, if zoning allows.
Parking them in the front yard for long-term is generally a no-no in most places. However, parking them in the backyard long-term is legal in most places. After parking them, rent them out. Some people have even gone so extreme that they rent out beater minivans as an apartment.
Step 5: Build covered parking with walls and doorway but without the door.
This is legally a carport. Carports are outdoors, so they legally do not count as living area. Whereas, garages may or may not count as living area, depending on municipality. After the inspectors finish their final inspection, then install a garage door to enclose it. While illegal, it is so minor that no one would even notice it. In fact, normal people expect a door to be installed as carports are the exception and look unfinished.
Step 6: Build a finished room with window openings and doorways but without windows and doors.
Like the carport, that room becomes a porch/patio/verandah/portico, and so is outside. Hence, it doesn't count as living space and cannot be taxed. After inspection, install the doors and windows.
Step 7: Build sleeping rooms without closets.
They are legally dens and are subject to less tax than bedrooms. You'll still have to pay taxes for the square footage though. In the USA and Canada, sleeping rooms must have closets in order to legally be bedrooms. If you want to sell your house, then add closets before selling.
Step 8: Do retroactive remodeling.
Get a permit to do a remodel that removes some doors, so there are legally fewer rooms, especially bedrooms. The first thing to remove are closet doors, so bedrooms become dens. Isn't it great when your 4-bedroom house legally becomes a studio? After inspection is done, install back the doors, but change to quick-release hinges, so that the door is no longer a fixture and thus not legally a door. You may also install folding doors, as that makes the enclosed areas flex rooms and not legally rooms. Even further from the reach of the law, you may install accordion doors of the toy plastic type or cloth type, as they are so flimsy that they themselves are probably not doors.
Step 9: Build a retractable section of the house.
Normally, your house would be expanded because you'd like a bigger living space. However, only the area when retracted is taxed. Also, since it is retractable, even if the building inspectors come, you can just retract it for a couple hours, until they leave.
Step 10: Do business from home.
According to US tax law, you are entitled to property tax exemptions from operating expenses related to commercial activities done at home. That is regardless of whether profit is earned or not, so even charitable acts may qualify for tax exemptions. This may reduce your property taxes to zero.
Step 10B: Rent out a room(s).
If you do not want to do long-term, then do Airbnb. This is part of Step 10.
2019 Subaru Outback®️ (with Steering Responsive Headlights): 2019 IIHS Top Safety Pick+
2019 Honda CR-V: is not
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