The Lane Transit District Board decided unanimously Wednesday not to put a first-ever property tax proposal on the November ballot, making major service cuts a near certainty later this year.
Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard The Lane Transit District Board decided unanimously Wednesday not to put a first-ever property tax proposal on the November ballot, making major service cuts a near certainty later this year. Community feedback suggests there is neither the time nor the...

Virtual realty: Paying property tax not a tedious job.
Byline: Neha Dewan Paying property tax needn't always be a tedious task. While different states follow different models for calculating property tax, filing taxes online is an easy option started in certain cities recently. Not only does this eliminate paperwork, but also makes the process quicker and...

Property tax deadline extended.
PUNE: Due to the delay in the distribution of property tax bills, the Pune Municipal Corporation's property tax department has extended the payment deadline by one month. The deadline is now December 15. "Revenue collected from property tax has been Rs 144 crore from April till date,"...

Move to hike property tax opposed.
HYDERABAD: A shop owner at Upperpally in the Rajendranagar municipal circle will soon have to pay about Rs 4 per square foot towards property tax as against the present Rs 1.86 paise now. Similarly, a shop in a commercial complex in Ameerpet may have to pay Rs...

Property tax cap extended.
The news: With the passage of Senate Bill 101, Illinois lawmakers extended the Alternative General Homestead Extension--known as the "7 percent property tax cap." Behind the news: In its original form, the bill extended the property tax cap initiated in 2003 to control...

Property tax has become a nonissue; O'Brien tells City Council increase is not necessary.
Byline: Richard Nangle WORCESTER - City Manager Michael V. O'Brien may have done some of the candidates in the coming municipal elections a favor by taking a hot-button issue off of the table. Thanks to his announcement Tuesday night that a property tax increase is not necessary,...

Property tax relief for veterans.
Since combat operations began in Afghanistan and Iraq, more than 30 states have either expanded or extended local property tax relief to veterans. States provide property tax relief to veterans through varying avenues--exemptions, abatements, frozen assessment rates or direct rebates on taxes paid. South Carolina exempts the...

Residential property values raise tax base; Rise 65% from FY '03 to '07.
WORCESTER - The city's total tax base increased by 65 percent between fiscal 2003 and 2007, fueled largely by a $4.4 billion rise in residential property values, according to a survey released by The Research Bureau's Center for Community Performance Management. That $4.4 billion represents a 74-percent...

Businesses get a slightly better property tax break; Town continues trend to narrow rate gap to improve `climate'.
Byline: Karen Nugent CLINTON - Businesses in town will get a slightly better tax break than they did last year. The selectmen last night voted 3-2 to narrow the gap between tax rates on residential property and commercial and industrial property for the second year in a...

Property tax rate goes up 13 cents; Any drop in values won't be reflected until 2009.
Byline: Linda Bock NORTHBRIDGE - The town's fiscal 2008 property tax rate has been certified by the state Department of Revenue at $8.67 per $1,000 of valuation, an increase of 13 cents over fiscal 2007. The average single-family home in town is valued at $328,200,...