“Property Tax Bills Arrive - Surprised?” plus 3 more |
- Property Tax Bills Arrive - Surprised?
- Property Tax Hike This Year in Corrales
- Property tax complaints aren't going to go away
- County property tax request down 1.76 percent
| Property Tax Bills Arrive - Surprised? Posted: 21 Sep 2010 09:49 PM PDT Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Property Tax Hike This Year in Corrales Posted: 22 Sep 2010 04:22 PM PDT Sorry, Readability was unable to parse this page for content. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| Property tax complaints aren't going to go away Posted: 22 Sep 2010 03:31 PM PDT Lawmakers might have tied the hands of a tax study committee when it comes to recommending changes to their property tax reform effort of four years ago, but eventually they're going to have to address what they've done. That is, they will if they're truly serious about comprehensive tax reform. Their prohibition certainly isn't stopping some very unhappy constituents from complaining about the law. The Taxation Realignment Commission got an earful on the subject at its meeting Tuesday even though the legislation creating the commission specifically prohibited it from looking at the exemption for resident homeowners on paying school operations taxes. An effort to change that directive failed this past session. Commissioners say they can't take up any part of Act 388, which also includes resetting values when property is sold, a 15-percent cap on reassessment values over five years and a cap on property tax rate increases by local governments. School operations money from resident homeowners was replaced with a 1 percent sales tax. But complaints abound about the point-of-sale provision's impact on real estate sales of all types and the shift in the burden to pay for school operations from residents to second-home owners and business owners. School districts, particularly Beaufort County, complain that owners switching to resident status to get the 4 percent assessed value rate and avoid the operations taxes has reduced their tax base, even while the law limits their ability to raise tax rates. All the while, our school district is penalized for a tax base it can't even tap anymore when it comes to the main source of state education funding. The complaints and suggestions at Tuesday's meeting ran the gamut. Dan Harvell, an advocate for the group, NoHomeTax.org, said he wants to see all homeowners' taxes eliminated, The Greenville News reports. Ron Harrleson, who manages and invests in rental property in Florence, said he no longer was buying property. "I can't afford to rent it for what I need because the taxes are so high," he said. Jay Rinehart, president of the South Carolina Association of Realtors, called crazy the state's system of assessing different kinds of property at different rates, from 4 percent to 10.5 percent. Ben Brantley, chairman of the Greater Columbia Association of Realtors, said the combination of the recession and the state's property tax structure is keeping investors away. It never made sense to tell a group that was supposed to offer recommendations on comprehensive tax reform to stay away from a major component of tax law. Lawmakers might have intended to avoid the subject during an election year, but they just put off the inevitable. They are going to have to deal with Act 388 and its consequences -- unintended and otherwise. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
| County property tax request down 1.76 percent Posted: 23 Sep 2010 05:23 AM PDT The North Platte Telegraph It's final. On Monday, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners approved a $10.4 million budget for the 2010-11 fiscal year. The property tax request is down 1.76 percent or $160,113 from last year, according to certified public accountant Susan Maline. The total property tax requirement for jail bonds is $1,486,082, and the requirement for all other expenses is $8,952,919. An unused budget authority of $4,612 has been created for next year. The commissioners and Maline answered questions from audience members during a public hearing. The questions included those about how the budget is calculated, how much can be excluded from the lid, what items are considered to be inside or outside of the lid and what money allocated for certain line items is actually going to be used for. "I know this is a major project, and I'm just trying to make sense of it because I think Lincoln County is a pretty good place to live too," said Nancy Peetz. She asked about the salaries of county officials, and commissioner Joe Hewgley said they are frozen. He said the commissioners took a pay cut. Ken Main asked if the County would help with the cost of storing dive team equipment in Sutherland. He said storage space is currently being rented for $3,000-$4,000 per year. "It's been going on for two or three years," said Main. "The dive team has a dedicated group, and we need some support with that." Hewgley said he wanted to publicly acknowledge and thank all of the county officials for their help in balancing the budget. "First of all, I want to thank Sheriff Kramer," said Hewgley. "It's a thankless job his office does over there, and we put them in a tight situation. They cut until they came over bleeding, and then they cut some more. Everyone, rather than being obstinate, was cooperative, and that doesn't always happen in this line of work." There was also a public hearing regarding zoning regulations. County planning administrator Judy Clark said the current regulations only address windmill generators. New regulations are needed for both small and commercial wind energy conversion systems. "It's for potential wind farms coming in," said Clark. "We're trying to protect people in the county. We've been involved in the amendment process for over a year. It's been passed and recommend by the planning commission for approval." No action was taken on the amendment. The commissioners heard a jail project update from inspector Kirk Nichols and approved: n Claims and treasurer's receipts n Fee reports submitted by County Court and the register of deeds n Authorizing the chairman to sign a grant award and sub-grant special conditions form for the victim witness unit n Motor vehicle tax exemption applications Click on this story at nptelegraph.com to post your comments, or e-mail heather.johnson@nptelegraph.com. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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