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Show City, the School Board (the principal hog), Summit Co., Fire District, etc., then adding up those sums to arrive at your tax bill. The appraised value (determined by the Co. Assessor) is supposed to be a fixed percentage of the fair market value and is only part of the formula for fixing the tax bill you pay. First, I don't know of anyone who has yet received his 1985 tax notice, so how can one answer or react to the Q., even if it were properly framed? Second, on the 1984 tax notices, the space for inserting "Market Value" was left blank and the notice nowhere on its face set forth what percentage of fair market value the stated appraised value constituted. In view of many recent legislative changes concerning this percentage, I defy anyone to figure out the fair market value of his home if he is given the Appraised Value. If you own two homes, the tax authorities don't even use the same percentage for both homes. In view of the unintelligibility of the Q., I await with bated breath the answers of the responders. Mary Lehmer Ask me another Editor: . The Record has a new policy of publishing its weekly "Question" in advance. The Q. posed for this week was: "Do you feel your tax bill reflects the fair market value of your home?" Who is the nitwit who framed that Question? It is like asking a lady if she feels her cake reflects the fair market value of the eggs in it. I The tax bill is established by 1 multiplying the appraised value of I ' your home by each of the varying y arbitrary mill levies assessed by Park |