The home for sale on Peralta has been charged incorrectly for years. The County Public Record lists the home as 973 ft2. Garage space is exempt per city ordinance. The home has no basement or crawlspace, which space the City sometimes taxes.

The City charges the homeowner the 9 parcel taxes based on 2417 ft2, even though the property card (see above image) on file with the City only lists the home as having 1008 ft2, (they charge a little more for a porch at 1/2 rate). This 1409 ft2 of phantom dwelling space will cost the buyer over $2000 a year extra in bogus charges when they receive their first tax bill.

You can calculate how much dwelling space you are taxed for just like we did here (in red) by dividing the SCHL ED BSEP tax on your own tax bill by 0.4162.