Indiana

DAY OF RECONCILIATION

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

I’ve got some more details to report on the property tax reconciliation bills that you are getting in the mail this week. 

Marion County Treasurer Mike Rodman says while 90 percent of taxpayers will see a lower bill, it won’t be by much.  In Washington Township some tax bills only dropped by $7, while others went up $991.

County wide, Rodman says the average decrease is $200, and that’s a rough estimate.  Most of the increases though occurred in Center and Washington Townships.

Although tax bills are due July 10, Marion County did get a waiver to send out rebate checks before that date, which Rodman says will ease some of the pain.  But out of the 300,000 tax bills sent out, 85,000 homeowners will not get a rebate.

Rodman also worries that many taxpayers may think the reconciliation bill is their Spring 2008 tax bill and they will forget that the tax relief provided by the General Assembly only applies to next year’s bills.

The irony of all of this has not been lost on Franklin Township Assessor Becky Williams.  Williams says the assessors tried to warn the public that their bills would not change much and now they’ll get to see it for themselves.

She also says there are a number of appeals coming and claims apartments were over-assessed by millions of dollars.

I’ve also been told there are a number of tax protests coming and at least one is scheduled to take place in front of the Governor’s mansion. 

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).