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see previous response chessflower.
Firstly, in any dealing with these authorities, you must provide evidence.
Under the Land Valuation Act 1960, it states in section 5 that “all things must be taken into consideration”
ALL THINGS.
There is also a section somewhere that states, “the capacity for the land/property to generate an income”
So you need to prove to them that something is not equitable, that the current claim is unfair, unreasonable, is likened to unjust enrichment, burdensome, breach’s the Charter of Human Rights Victoria (property rights) and so on, breaches legislation etc…. To these assertations they will need to provide a rebuttal or some form of adequate “reply”. Remember – silence is a “response”, careful with choice of words.
A non-rebuttal/inadequate reply is their acquiescence or agreement to your assertation/statements which you can use against them in court through affidavit if the matter cant be resolved before hand.
This is exactly where i am at now with SRO. multiple letters latter (all hand delivered with photographic receipt of delivery), a huge amount of evidence of a inequitable, unjust, self enriching, unfair, unreasonable, burdensome tax system, and their acknowledgement of my correspondence, which was now about 2 months ago.
Basically, SRO claims $10,500 in land tax from an evidenced incorrect land valuation of an investment property that generates $24,000.
1. The amount is incorrect because the valuation is incorrect and
2. Almost 50% of property revenue is unjust, unfair, unreasonable, burdensome etc….
IS THAT EQUITABLE ???????
The answer is no. Anyone can see that. Any court will see that.
They have got this so, so so wrong.
So you need to go back to them and express principles based on equity in combination with all the maxims of law at your disposal.
My favorite is:
“EQUITY WILL NOT SUFFER A WRONG WITHOUT REMEDY”
Maxims are extremely powerful. When combined with laws of Equity, where there is an unjust situation, these 2 principles will open the doors for justice.