“The San Antonio Report has been tracking what it all means for the average homeowner, who could pay $129 more per year so far in property taxes and other fees, according to our analysis at the conclusion of budget season.”
Counting the costs: Here’s how the dust settled on local tax increases and feessanantonioreport.orgUseful tally. But $129 is the homeowner number, and I don’t own the building my bakery is in.
“Properties without a homestead exemption — including rental properties, second homes and businesses — are likely to see a bigger increase.”
Counting the costs: Here’s how the dust settled on local tax increases and fees· sanantonioreport.orgThis is the line for anyone running a business out of a lease. No homestead exemption, no over-65 freeze, so the city’s increase lands on the building and, in my lease, the property tax gets passed through to me. Then add whatever SAWS gets in October. None of it is huge on its own. I’m not saying the council chose wrong, the list of cuts they were looking at was real too. I just wish someone totaled it up for a storefront, not only a house.