Some Sonoma County cities cutting real estate taxes
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
By CLARK MASON Several cities in Sonoma County are quietly cutting their taxes on most real estate transactions, a tacit acknowledgment that for years they may have been charging too much. Cloverdale, Cotati and Sebastopol have reduced or are proposing …

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Property Tax: Appealing Your Assessed Tax Value
Tax Law Home (blog)
If you are a homeowner, you are likely familiar with property tax. Property tax is a tax assessed on the value of a piece of real estate on an annual basis. For most people, the only piece of real estate they own is their home.
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Hunting For Yield In Tax Liens May Be Risky
Financial Advisor Magazine
Interest generally accrues on the taxes owed at rates set by auction, which property owners must pay to clear up the debt. If they don't, an investor who bought the lien may foreclose on the property. About $7 billion to $10 billion in delinquent …

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Foreclosure settlement has its critics
Bowling Green Daily News
Not only is he paying for two houses, but his tax dollars are indirectly supporting people who couldn't pay for their own homes, he said. While fraudulent banks should be punished, the overall foreclosure problem is not entirely the banks' fault – the …
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Kansas House GOP leaders issue income tax plan
The Sheboygan Press
(WTW) — House Republican leaders proposed a plan Friday that would cut Kansas income taxes but remove one key objection to an earlier proposal from Gov. Sam Brownback. The plan calls for reducing the rates in all three individual income tax brackets, …
Tread on governor's agenda thinningTopeka Capital Journal

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Gronstal pushes common ground on property tax reform
Mason City Globe Gazette
JOHNSTON — The Senate's majority leader said Friday he hoped Democrats and Republicans can agree to a state commitment of around $250 million for property tax relief as a starting point to reach consensus on how best to reduce commercial rates without …
Gronstal: Iowa Dems back $200M business tax cutChicago Tribune
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Gronstal condemns 'tax shift' in GOP planDesMoinesRegister.com
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Mello-Roos Community Facility District Taxes a Focus at 'Information Social'
Patch.com
By Guy McCarthy Nathan Hultgren of Beaumont speaks about Mello-Roos tax rates, Wednesday Feb. 1, 2012. City of Beaumont officials are planning an "information social" Thursday evening at Beaumont Civic Center. Community Facility District taxes – also …

Framingham residents to hold event on property taxes as abatements, suspicions …
Boston.com
By Jaclyn Reiss, Town Correspondent As the skyrocketing property tax outrage among Framingham residents continues, almost 1100 real estate tax abatements have been filed with the town since the Feb. 1 deadline – more than twice the amount filed last …

Beeman files new tax returns hoping to stave off foreclosure
GoErie.com
By LISA THOMPSON, Erie Times-News Erie County Councilman Ebert Beeman says the Internal Revenue Service, which is poised to auction off his property, overestimated his tax liability by more than $900000. Beeman filed amended income tax returns Monday …

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Surprise! Local property taxes up again this year
Asbury Park Press
Want to lower your property taxes now? If property values have dropped in your town, consider filing a property tax appeal before the April 1 deadline. And let your voice be heard at school boards and town halls when the budgets are proposed in the …
Hey guv, it's still property taxesCherry Hill Courier Post
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