Property tax
Monday, May 14th, 2007Some interesting things I have found on Property tax. First you have to look at a copy of the 1876 constitution for Colorado state because the only way to change the constitution is a convention and being that there has never been one since we became a state no changes could be made. Property tax is an ad valorem tax or add on tax that seems to apply to corporations. I find no where in the constitution where the peoples property can be taxed. If you tax the corps and the people we pay twice because the corps add that cost into the product and charge the customer( the people). from case law-
Commonwealth ex rel.,
Department of Justice v. A. Overholt & Co., Inc.;
Commonwealth ex rel., Appellant, v. Joseph S. Finch and CompanyNos. 31, 32, 33
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
331 Pa. 182; 200 A. 849 1938 Pa. LEXIS 686
May 9, 1938, Argued
June 30, 1938In 26 R.C.L., page 37, sec. 21, it is stated: “Taxes are [***11] either specific or ad valorem. Specific taxes are of a fixed amount by the head or number, or by some standard of weight or measurement and require no assessment other than a listing or classification of the subjects to be taxed. An ad valorem tax is a tax of a fixed proportion of the value of the property with respect to which the tax is assessed, and requires the intervention of assessors or appraisers to estimate the value of such property before the amount due from each taxpayer can be determined. . . .”
Have any of you had your property assessed and are you a corporation? Is the property tax a direct tax in disguise of an ad valorem tax? Just something to think about.
Rick
