P&H MinePro Services, one of the region’s growing mining industry support companies, will get a $100,000 property tax rebate over the next 10 years for its new Iron Range service center under action today by the St. Louis County Board. Read More

The House Tax Bill passed April 24 on a vote of 69-64. The bill ends the decade-long cycle of deficits, shifts, gimmicks and financial mismanagement of the state budget and responsibly funds a balanced budget into the future.  The bill includes full payback of the school shift, funds strategic investments in education and provides property tax relief. Read More

Other than agricultural land, there’s only one type of property in Blue Earth County that’s going to see a substantial hike in assessed valuations in 2014 — apartment buildings. Read More

The Dallas-based company considering building a $67 million data center in east Shakopee has received a promise of more than a quarter-million dollars in tax abatement from the city—about $150,000 less than was requested. Read More

 The value of tillable agricultural land in Freeborn County is increasing an average of 40 percent this year, according to calculations from the county Assessor's Office. Read More

Members of the Lyon County Board lent their support, in the form of a tax abatement, to a modular housing business looking at moving to Cottonwood. At their regular meeting Tuesday, county commissioners approved a request for a three-year tax abatement for the business, pending approval by the Lyon County attorney. Read More

Shakopee’s push to boost development is once again prompting the city to consider using financial incentives to lure a new business to the city. Read More

If you track the taxing and spending pressures on local governments in Minnesota, as we've done here, then the annual state auditor's report on city finances is more interesting than it sounds. Read More

Sen. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, in her cigarette-tax increase bill, proposes to one-up Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton’s proposed 94-cent per pack increase by 35 cents, equalling the cigarette tax levied in neighboring Wisconsin. Read More

After reviewing a report from city staff, the Belle Plaine City Council last Tuesday night approved a reduction of the tax abatement payable to Coborn’s Superstore in Belle Plaine, and execution of a new pay-as-you-go note in the reduced amount. Read More

<!-- AddThis Button END -->“Where will it end?” asks Jon Pratt in relation to the proliferating practice of municipalities coming up with all kinds of devices to tax nonprofits (full disclosure: although he had no involvement in this newswire whatsoever, Jon Pratt is an editorial advisor for Nonprofit Quarterly). Read More

The up-to-$500 tax rebate for every Minnesota homeowner under Gov. Mark Dayton’s budget plan stirred sharp disagreement Tuesday about whether it comes at too steep a price and if the breaks would be washed out by other property tax increases. Read More

A private assessor, who contracts with 24 townships and one city in St. Louis County, has been suspended for 90 days. Read More

From storefront charities to sprawling medical centers, nonprofit groups are discovering that their property-tax-exempt status no longer shields them from cities casting for cash to make ends meet.Read More

A mistake made by the Washington County assessor's office has a group of condominium owners in downtown Stillwater protesting property tax increases for 2013. Read More

Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing a property tax rebate of up to $500 for every Minnesota homeowner. Read More

Tax reform is in the air in Minnesota. And the tax everyone loves to hate -- the local property tax -- is again a prime target. Read More

A simplification of Minnesota’s property tax system could be on the way, if the suggestions of the state’s Property Tax Working Group task force are any indication. Read More