Exactly. Imagine one bought GME at $10. It rose to $350+ because the market went nuts. You never sold so none of that is real to you.
And the IRS comes back saying you now must pay taxes on your GME shares based on the $350 valuation because someone else paid that much for it.
Fortunately stocks don't work that way. A home shouldn't either.
So no more yearly property tax?
It allows for yearly property tax based on what the person could afford when they bought the property.
That’s a reasonable compromise.
People still get to own and live in homes and not be driven out by the actions of others over which they have no control.
And the community gets a reliable long term revenue stream, that is relatively stable even though boom and bust cycles.
That's the entire discussion. This is entirely your opinion. The previous poster was cherrypicking a comparison to stocks which is what I was trying to clarify.
Exactly. Imagine one bought GME at $10. It rose to $350+ because the market went nuts. You never sold so none of that is real to you.
And the IRS comes back saying you now must pay taxes on your GME shares based on the $350 valuation because someone else paid that much for it.
Fortunately stocks don't work that way. A home shouldn't either.