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The tax bill said $43.98. The real yearly cost is $130.
The county tax bill on one Horseshoe Bend lot was $43.98 for 2025. The real annual carry is about $124 to $134, because a separate $80 city fee is billed by the city and never appears on the county tax record. Two offices, two bills, one parcel. Text LAND to (307) 337-9113 for price drops and new lots.
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Almog, what does it actually cost to own a rural lot every year? More than the tax record says. And the gap isn't small. My county bill on one lot was forty-three ninety-eight for 2025. The real number is about a hundred thirty. Where's the rest of it? A separate city fee. Eighty dollars per lot, every year. It's charged by the city, not the county, so it never shows up on the tax record you checked. Two offices, two bills, one parcel. Price the land and its yearly bills together. And that fee's in court, so confirm it.
Sources
- YAI LLC - Cost of owning rural land: the yearly bills nobody quotes (19 Aug 2026): the $43.98 county bill on parcel 800-02498-000, the $124-$134 total, and the $80 city fee under Ordinance 2025-02
- KAIT8, 5 May 2026 - more than 100 Horseshoe Bend property owners summoned to court over the $80 amenity fee
- Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 12 July 2026 - two residents sue the city, arguing the amenity fee is an illegal tax