Palin's Alaska cabins noted in new property report

[Scurrilous]

Source: Associated Press

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"Two cabins on a backcountry plot partially owned by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin have been appraised for property tax purposes for the first time since their construction began several years ago.

No taxes have been paid on the structures because local officials learned about them last month.

The cabins, a garage-workshop and a sauna have increased the assessed value of the 10-acre site to $111,700, compared with the 2009 appraisal of $12,000.

Officials with the local borough say 2010 property taxes have not been calculated."

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Records: Palin hasn't paid tax on cabins (Feb. 5, 2010)

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"Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partially owned by the former Alaska governor.

There are no tax assessments for the two-story, house-sized cabins, a workshop and a sauna spotted Thursday in an aerial survey. Property taxes totaling $156.13 were paid on the land in 2009 — but that bill did not include anything for the structures because the local assessor didn't know about the new construction nearly 100 miles north of Anchorage.

The issue has attracted the attention of local tax officials who conducted the scheduled aerial survey of properties in the area on Thursday. The area is accessible only by floatplane, snowmobile or four-wheeler.
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Dave Dunivan, the assessor for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, said such a survey had not been done there in five years, before construction started on the cabins.

Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, said it is not the responsibility of property owners to report structures that go up on their land.

"It is the borough's job," he said in an e-mail. "The property taxes on this parcel are fully paid and have never been delinquent."

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"Dunivan, however, said owners are required by state law to report any omissions or errors in their tax assessments. Often, the borough learns of new structures in remote areas when neighbors report them. Dunivan said no one has called the borough on the Palin lots, among many in the region to add structures, the flyover survey found."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35250913/

[FSogol]

1. I bet the cabins contain her Nieman Marcus haul! n/t

[progressoid]

2. Typical.

I bet repukes will think she's a hero for avoiding her tax responsibilities.

[Botany]

3. Fucking Grifters

Oh it is a miracle from Jesus ...
2 cabins, a garage / workshop, and a sauna just sprang from the earth on the
shore of a lake in the middle of the bush but still linked by roads
to State Rt. 3 and it just happens to be on Sarah's land.

If you or I did this we would be in deep shit. I added a roof to the back of my house
and the property tax people were on me damn quick .... added value you know.

[earcandle]

4. Another slimeball repug asshat not being true to our democracy.

Put her in jail for tax evasion! 

[bahrbearian]

5. So who is responsible for the Building Permit ?

[Obamanaut]

6. Apologize and pay the back taxes. That has worked well for

some nominees/appointees in this administration.