Trump again sues over property tax bill for Jupiter golf course

[DonViejo]

By Jeff Ostrowski - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

JUPITER — In another indication that the world’s most powerful politician has few qualms about battling local public officials, President Donald Trump again has sued the Palm Beach County Property Appraiser over the valuation of his Trump National Golf Club.

The suit marks the fifth year in a row that Trump has disputed the property tax bill for the 131-acre course along Donald Ross Road. Even as he fights the county’s $19.7 million estimate, Trump’s financial disclosures in 2016 and 2017 list the value of Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter as “over $50 million.”

Based on the property appraiser’s valuation, the Palm Beach County Tax Collector sent Trump a bill for $398,315. Trump responded with a lawsuit — and a wire transfer for $296,595.01, which his Tampa-based attorney described as “a good faith estimate” of the sum Trump really owes.

While Trump’s three-page suit doesn’t say how much he thinks the course should be worth, Jupiter Golf Club pays property taxes at a rate of 2 percent. So by claiming he was overcharged by $101,720, Trump asserts that the property is worth $15 million, and that the appraiser overvalued the course by more than $5 million.

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[yellerpup]

1. If it is illegal for citizens to sue a sitting President

then it should be illegal for a President to sue citizens while he/she holds the office.

[angrychair]

2. I thought he was staying out of the day to day affairs?

How is filling a lawsuit staying out of the day to say affairs of the business??

[Rhiannon12866]

3. I thought he was leaving his "business interests" to his kids

Doesn't he have a more important job that he's supposed to be paying attention to?

[BSdetect]

4. They probably expect the amount to be reduced in a settlement

It's a common thing for corporations and businesses. They know that legal fees mount up with time so the victim settles.

[pamdb]

5. property tax

Wow. I didn't know we were allowed to decide what our property is worth and how much we think we should pay in property tax. Good to know, let me know if anyone has success trying that little gambit on their property taxes.

[Tracer]

6. I shoulda thought of that scam this morning...

... when I paid my quarterly property tax.

I could have grabbed a lower figure out of thin air and claimed that was what I thought my house was worth.

Oddly, I don't think my town would go for that.