Developers crunch numbers to qualify for property tax breaks.
Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard Dean Hansen and Gordon Anslow made their claim with numbers: If they didn't get a property tax break on their proposed apartment building, they would lose money on their $1.8 million investment. The loss wouldn't be much - only about...

Opportunities For Property Tax Refunds.
Property owners are aware of the significantly increased assessments that have been returned for the 2009 taxation year. Our previous Advisory reported on the 2009 assessments and provided information on how to appeal. In addition to the tax relief that could result from a successful assessment appeal,...

The Permanent Tax Revolt: How the Property Tax Transformed American Politics.
THE PERMANENT TAX REVOLT: HOW THE PROPERTY TAX TRANSFORMED AMERICAN POLITICS By Isaac William Martin (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2008, 264 pp., $21.95 paper) WHAT DROVE VOTERS to enact Proposition 13 in California? Sociologist Isaac Martin offers a unique and valuable perspective. According to...

Property owners face tax rate hike.
Byline: Priyanka Dayal WESTBORO - Property owners will have to pay a higher tax rate next year, even though housing values in the town have dropped. The tax rate for fiscal 2009 will be $15.50 per $1,000 of valuation, an 80-cent increase from last year....

The permanent tax revolt; how the property tax transformed American politics.
9780804758710 The permanent tax revolt; how the property tax transformed American politics. Martin, Isaac William. Stanford U. Press 2008 249 pages $21.95 Paperback HJ4120 Martin (sociology, U. of California at San...

Making the property tax work; experiences in developing and transitional countries.
9781558441736 Making the property tax work; experiences in developing and transitional countries. Ed. by Roy Bahl et al. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy 2008 463 pages $30.00 Paperback HJ4129 While arguments...

NorthWestern Energy to Share Property Tax Refund With Customers.
BUTTE, Mont., Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NorthWestern Corporation d/b/a NorthWestern Energy announced today that it has resolved its dispute with the Montana Department of Revenue over property tax assessments related to the years 2005 through 2008. NorthWestern had previously paid the taxes for those years but protested...

Michigan Chamber of Commerce Urges State Senate to Reject $3.2 Billion Property Tax Increase on Homeowners and Job Providers.
LANSING, Mich., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Last Thursday, December 11th, in the dark of night, without a committee meeting or any public debate, the Michigan House approved a property tax increase on homeowners and job providers conservatively estimated at $3.2 billion -- an unconscionable act given Michigan's current economic...

13 farmers in town apply for abatement of local property tax.
Byline: Sarah L. Hamby WOODSTOCK - Only 13 area farmers who may qualify for a local property tax exemption on farm buildings applied for the abatement by the Oct. 31 deadline, according to Tax Abatement Committee member and dairy farmer Diane Miller. The ordinance establishing the abatement...