Pennsylvania school typo cost him almost $ 900 thousand
A typo saves homeowners in one Pennsylvania district about $ 32 in property taxes, but costs the school district about $ 895 000.
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In June, the provisional case manager in the Pennsbury School District Council Decree in Bucks County incorrectly indicated the tax amount for this school year to 170,076 million instead of the correct 171,076 million.
The error was discovered by the county's new finance director, Christopher Berdnik, when he reported to work in early July after tax bills had been mailed.
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Berdnik said property values are higher than estimated and tax collection in the school district is high, amounting to $ 700 000, and the wrong rate for 1,5% is higher than last year. The decision, which is expected to be made by the school board this month, will return most of the remaining debt.
Initially, no one noticed the mistake, because at the June meeting, these amounts were not announced.
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The interest rate is a formula used by municipalities to calculate property taxes, which comes down to a dollar amount per $1000 of assessed value. So the typo saved homeowners $1 for every $32 their homes were valued at. The average estimate in the area is $067.
This mistake has affected 16 schools.
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