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Resident criticizes personal property assessments and rising home assessments at citizen's time
Summary
During citizen's time at the April 2 Hanover County Board of Supervisors meeting, Douglas Amherst of the Jeff Stoneman district criticized the county's personal property and real‑property assessments, saying they do not reflect his actual ability to access appreciation and that taxes and fees are burdensome.
At the start of the April 2 meeting’s citizen’s time, resident Douglas Amherst of the Jeff Stoneman magisterial district challenged Hanover County’s assessment and tax practices, saying his annual personal property tax on a 2019 Ford Escape is excessive relative to its market value and that rising real‑property assessments have left homeowners without the cash represented by paper appreciation.
Amherst told the board he bought the Ford…
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