I think what is happening is the State has changed something in the reporting and now its possible for everyone to be nailed with issues when they really are not issues at all.
Its no different than when the IRS goes snooping around into county finances for the first time ever(like what happened to Porter County). They found so many issues, that they claimed the county owed $190K to the feds, and after a couple months its down to $74K and even that is expected to drop more, because the feds are trying to double tax people for some reason
Not to long ago, my parents got a letter from the State saying they owed like $3,000 in taxes to the State for unpaid taxes on their house. Turned out the State forgot to take into account the disability exemption my mom has on the house which equals the $3K they supposedly owed. Now they went to the State and fought and was told it was an error all along and they knew, but never sent out a letter saying it was an error, and they looked into it and found out that same letter was sent to 8,500 different people in the State, now how many people do you think took the time to look at their property tax exemptions to see if the amount lined up to what they owe? I bet not many did, and many simply called the 800 number provided to set up payments, and I bet the State didn't tell anyone who did call it was a mistake either
_________________ Loves the fact he doesn't require taxpayer assistance to send his kid to college, and the kid will not need to take out financial aid to pay for school either
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