Just got a letter in the mail that I owed the city 8000 bucks for having a vacant home. By the way, you can avoid this by paying us 21 bucks. Sounds like a scam? Unfortunately not.
Time for the phoney outrage to appear as millions get this letter. I declared the home not vacant in April of last year, and they acknowledge it. But I didn't declare it for the second time that year, for the next year tax. What?
I didn't get any notice for Declaration #2, or an indication they want multiple declarations. Perhaps I ignored a notice, knowing that I had declared, or perhaps they never sent anything because of Chinese hackers.
I think this was a royal screw-up, but now I'm out $21. Good cash grab on their part.
ps. Yeah! The neighbours got the same letter. They must have sent out millions. My neighbours are 80 years old, and I filled the form for them.
ps. The extra tax is so high, that the guy who has a real empty house up the street put a junker car in the driveway.
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