By Rachel Stone
August 3rd, 2020
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Hello, property-tax payers of Dallas County.
By now you’ve probably received a postcard with no return address in the mail that states “notice of estimated taxes,” all shouty in red letters.
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The next sentence is a real thinker: “The estimated amount of taxes to be imposed and information on actions taken or proposed actions to be taken by each local taxing unit concerning the 2020 property taxes on your property can be found online at:”
In which circle of hell is that how people talk, and what the what is dallascountytexastaxes.gov, a URL that redirects to a website with the heading Truth in Taxation?
Will they be asking for my social security and bank numbers next?
No, this is not some kind of scam attempt but an epically bad bit of communication from the State of Texas to you.
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