...DIDN'T win!!!
So we got this $700 supplemental tax bill about 6 weeks ago, and I thought, "Hm... We bought a new house in 2006, we paid supplemental taxes then... Why are we being billed for 2005 taxes on a house we didn't own in 2005?"
DH got on the phone with the tax assessor's office. First call - 45-minute wait. Had to hang up to go to meeting. Second call - 20-minute wait, but an actual human answered. Took it as far as he could with one person, then was transferred to another person - who immediately saw the problem and acknowledged they (yes, THEY) had made a mistake and billed us in error.
Turns out the bill was a legitimate supplemental bill, and covered a period when both the original owners and we owned the property. But we only owned it for 9 days of the tax period, so the original owners need to pay the bulk of it; our real portion is only around $30. Yay!
So, with DH on the phone for about an hour-and-a-half, at his current bill rate... well, we're still ahead on the deal!
And here's two exciting pictures of my hand after surgery. Taken 9/29, but could have been taken the day after surgery... same bandage, a little grubbier, perhaps.
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