Can I trade houses with you? My 2002 property taxes will be $7.50 MORE than the 2001. Where's my tax cut? I guess it got caught up in the school and library referendum and the fact that the assessed value on my house went up $10,500
Dean E. Carlson East Harriet, Ward 10 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 23, 2001 6:11 PM Subject: [Mpls] Property tax cut > I just got my proposed property tax statement for 2002. I was quite > surprised to see that they were reduced only about 12%, because I was > expecting them to be about 25% less. Now I am wondering if the tax cut only > applied to the amount that the school tax portion was to be reduced? Or > possibly only the amount over $76,000 (I think that is the base number) was > to be reduced by 25%? Or, if 25% is indeed the right number? > > If this is all that my taxes are going to be reduced, I wish that the state > had just kept the money, as I feel certain that this tax cut will be > short-lived in light of both the state's projected shortfall, as well as > the school system's never-ending appetite for more money. Not to mention > that, for the next 20 years, half of the savings that I do see will be > eaten up by the special assessment tax for the ornamental lights in > Prospect Park. > > Can anyone enlighten me as to what the average tax cut percentage was > supposed to be, and how it was to be applied? > > Nancy Alcorn > Prospect Park > > > > _______________________________________ > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: > http://e-democracy.org/mpls > _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
