ATLANTA — Fulton County could be forced to refund thousands of homeowners millions of property tax dollars after revelations their homes were illegally overvalued.
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South Fulton County resident Bernard Harris bought his home in 2015.
"After the first year the tax assessment went up," he told Channel 2's Mike Petchenik. "It also made the mortgage go up as well."
In fact, records show only a handful of homeowners in Harris’ neighborhood saw increases to their assessments in 2016.
“I could see how that could be a problem for some people,” he said. “Their salaries wouldn’t suffice the increase in the taxes and it may be a hardship for some people."
Fulton County Board of Assessors member R.J. Morris said when he examined the 2016 tax digest, something didn’t look right to him.
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