“‘Tis impossible to be sure of any thing but Death and Taxes” Christopher Bullock 1917 We are about to experience a significant increase in tax values this year in Buncombe County, at least for most of us. This is a countywide assessment that must be done every 8 years and may be done sooner if the county's sales assessment ratio is less than .85 or greater than 1.15. The last countywide assessment was done in 2013 and the Board of Commissioners determined this past summer t