Despite the semantics, a property tax relief factor actually increased the Denison Community School District’s property tax levy for fiscal year 2012-13...Read More
The matter of the State of Iowa assuming payment of counties' Medicaid bills through retention of property tax relief dollars was a topic of discussion at the May 22 meeting of the Palo Alto County Board of Supervisors. Read more
Boone County Assessor, Paul Overton, is announcing that the door-to-door inspections of all Commercial and Industrial properties in Boone County will begin approximately the last week of May. Read more
The company slated to renovate the Iowa Wholesale Supply Co. building into apartments for senior citizens is asking the city for a 10-year property tax abatement. Read more
Lawmakers finalized a $6.244 billion state budget and a major mental health system redesign Wednesday, but adjourned without passing a comprehensive property tax relief package — a top priority they promised to continue working on during the interim and to fight about as they hit the 2012 campaign trail. Read more
The Metro Coalition of Iowa’s 10 largest cities are fighting back over a property tax reform proposal in the state legislature that mayors say is an 11th-hour proposal for special interests that wouldn’t create any new jobs. Read more
The mayors of Iowa’s 10 largest cities have started a last-minute lobbying campaign against a key provision in the property tax reform plans floating around the statehouse. Read more
Polk County officials likely will need to eliminate services to deal with the fallout of impending property tax reform legislation, regardless of which version makes it out of the Iowa Legislature, county officials said this morning. Read more
The Iowa House passed late Monday a property tax reform bill that would cut commercial and industrial property taxes by 10 percent over five years. It now goes to the Senate. Read more
CENTERVILLE — The Centerville School Board voted 5-1 not to raise their current property tax asking for the 2012-2013 school year during the Monday, April 9 budget hearing. Read more
Google is considering a $300 million expansion of its operations in Council Bluffs, Iowa, near where it has filed for permission to deploy a field of satellite antennas. Read more
When Gov. Terry Branstad took office in January 2011, one of his top priorities was property tax reform. During the 2011 session, there were several bills that addressed the issue, but the House of Representatives and the Senate could not agree on a final bill. Read more
If the property tax picture for Iowa businesses were portrayed as a cheeseburger, the state would be the meat patty sandwiched in the middle. Read more
The once stagnated plans to chop Iowa’s commercial and industrial property taxes are now in hot pursuit and likely to advance in some form in this year’s legislative session, members of both parties and the governor’s chief of staff said today. Read more
