Upshur County commissioners on Friday rejected the appraisal district’s proposed budget, which included pay raises for employees. Read More

 Despite a plea from one resident, who said it would make his financial life more worrisome, city council June 14 approved a resolution to raise the primary property tax levy from $0.2252 per $100 of assessed valuation to $0.4974 per $100 of assessed valuation for 2013-2014. The secondary property tax rate will increase from $1.6753 per $100 of assessed valuation to $1.7915 per $100 of assessed valuation. Read More

After years of seeing Pennsylvania property taxes creep up, some lawmakers are saying enough is enough. Read More

Homestead exemption can save a homeowner money. But does fraud within the system fly under the radar? Read More

A Republican tax overhaul plan that would lower personal income taxes and gradually repeal corporate taxes in North Carolina cleared the first of two votes in the state Senate Thursday. Read More

What politicians are billing as the biggest tax break in state history will offer relief to Johnson County property owners, but it has local officials worried about making ends meet. With big breaks for some rental properties, apartment-heavy Iowa City’s revenue will take one of the biggest hits in the state. Read More

Economists at the University of Connecticut recommended Thursday looking at instituting a statewide property tax to close more than $1 billion funding gap in the state’s education cost sharing formula. Read More

As a whole, owners of farm and ranch land in South Dakota will pay slightly less in general-education taxes in 2014 than they did this year, the state task force on agricultural land assessments learned Wednesday. Read More

In many local government jurisdictions around Indiana, population and employment have decreased over the past several decades but the size of government has not — forcing many communities to make tough decisions when it comes to budgeting. However, the introduction of property tax caps are forcing many local governments around the state to painfully downsize. Read More

Photographer Trent Nelson recently visited Rulon Jeffs’ old compound at the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon and found rust and high grass. Read More

 The Pinal County Assessor’s Office will charge a one-time fee of $10 for filing the Notification of Arizona Residential Rental Property form beginning on July 1, 2013.  Payment may be made by check or cash can be accepted at the Assessor’s Office in Florence during regular business hours. Read More

A Beverly Hills-based property developer is under investigation for allegedly using his daughters and two of his firm's attorneys to launder illegal campaign contributions to Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez, according to a search warrant obtained by the Los Angeles Times. Read More

Nearly two-thirds of Palm Beach County’s homesteaded property owners will pay more in property taxes next year, even if local governments hold their tax rates flat, Property Appraiser Gary Nikolits said Friday. Read More

As home values crashed after the housing bust, many property owners thought one consolation would be a corresponding drop in their property taxes. Why that didn’t happen is the subject of a four-day Arizona Republic special report, “Taxation Vexation,” that will publish beginning Sunday. Read More

The Kleberg County Appraisal District’s chief appraiser on Thursday said the district recently lost an employee to Nueces County as a result of the board’s decision to seek bids for private appraisal services, but the board authorized the process to continue moving forward. Read More