[quote=AN]flu, you should compare CV w/out MR vs CV with MR to have a more apple to apple comparison. They both go to the same MS and HS. A non MR area of CV have tax rate of about 1.027% vs 1.25% for your area. So that .22% comes out to ~$1800/year for a $850k house. Not that big of a deal for a $850k house, but that would be an apple to apple comparison. I think the reason CV have low MR is like Sorrento Heights in MM having low MR while most of MM don’t have MR. That is, because all of the basic infrastructure is already built out, so MR doesn’t need to be as exorbitant. However, an area like Del Sur, 4S, Eastlake, etc, where they have to build all the infrastructure, that’s when MR is quite exorbitant.[/quote]
I’m basically disputing the notion that areas with MR always have higher taxes (as percentage of assessed value) to other older areas without MR.
Not necessarily the case.
AN, the MR in CarmelV, about $1850 goes to schools.
The rest is peanuts. This isn’t that much different from areas with special bond assessments to schools, except that in this case the MR is goind directly to the grade schools in the district (not necessarily remote schools or community colleges,etc)….
Here’s the tax breakdown for CV. Notice that assigned from the school assessments there isn’t additional fluff for infrastructure, except maybe maintenance for a hill/etc if you are in a brush zone.
% TAX ON NET VALUE NET 1.00000 21,930.00
VOTER APPROVED BONDS:
SAN DIEGO CITY OPEN SPACE FACILITY DIST NO. 1 D/S NET 0.00000 0.00
SAN DIEGO CITY ZOOLOGICAL EXHIBITS – DEBT SERVICE NET 0.00500 109.65
SAN DIEGO CITY PUBLIC SAFETY COMM SYS – DEBT SERV NET 0.00000 0.00
MWD D/S REMAINDER OF SDCWA 15019999 NET 0.00370 81.14
TOTAL ON NET VALUE 1.00870 22120.78
