Property tax bills are arriving soon, and may have arrived for some.
If you haven’t received your bill yet, you can view it online via the city website.
Check out the tool here.
As I’ve written about, with the 2014 budget passed by the South Milwaukee City Council and other taxing entities, it is likely your tax bill will go down next year — likely, but not guaranteed.
See for yourself online … and post your comments below.
My bill? It looks like it will be falling from $4,288.25 last year to $4,209.83, or a decrease of 1.8%. I’m proud to support a budget that allows for this.
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I haven’t been so lucky, in 2012, I paid 7247.00, I called the assesors again to have my home reassessed and taxes for 2013 were 6661 which I still think are extremely high. I still pay almost 1000 more than my neighbor and our homes are very similar in structure. I pay well above all the homes surrounding my neighborhood. I currently have my home up for sale because the taxes are just too overwhelming. This is my second home that I have purchased in South Milwaukee and I like living here but the taxes are way too much. I have gone to the Board and that was a waste of time. I’ve had my house on the market for a year and have not received not even 1 offer all due to the high taxes. When I purchased this home in 2005, the taxes were 4500. Later that year I received a letter that apparently there was an error in the square footage from the previous owners and I have been paying more and more every year.