Texas Property Tax Fraud Exposed: My $87,000 Decimal Error
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What happens when a shocking $87,000 property tax bill in Texas turns out to be a simple decimal point error? In this video, the speaker shares a personal experience where their tax bill was ten times higher than it should have been. This raises critical questions about the accuracy and integrity of tax authorities across the state.
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Transcript
Let me share something that happened to me locally here in Texas with the the taxing authorities. Uh, we got a tax bill on a piece of property that the bill was the tax bill was something like $87,000. And so, whoa, that's crazy. So we went to protest it at the tax office and they immediately said, oh, yeah, that's a decimal point error on our part. The taxes should actually be $8,700. So we'll correct that for you. Now, I'm wondering how often do these taxing authorities just add another zero to everything and send them all out and hope that companies or people pay these insane numbers. I mean, is that part of what you're seeing? I I know that's that's like very simple basic level fraud, right? But I experienced that myself. I saw it with my own eyes. And I noticed the decimal point never moves the other way. You never get a bill for $870. You know what I mean? This problem is so off the charts. It is not an exaggeration to state that these CADs that meet with the central appraisal districts to examine a predetermined budget. The only reason they're meeting ...
