Showing posts with label Governance Taxes property. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Governance Taxes property. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Homeowners must apply for property-tax credit or lose it by Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun

Homeowners must apply for property-tax credit or lose it


State launches online feature to show which owners are set

By Jamie Smith Hopkins, The Baltimore Sun April 3, 2012


Tens of thousands of Maryland homeowners who haven't already applied for the Homestead Property Tax Credit have until the end of the year to do so or lose the often-valuable break.

The deadline was set so long ago — 2007 — that some residents might not remember if they applied. State assessors, hoping to cut down on anxious calls, launched an online feature Monday that notes whether a property's application is in and processed.

"We get such tremendous volume of calls, and one of the unfortunate things is, when people do call … they sometimes get a busy signal," said Robert E. Young, director of the state Department of Assessments and Taxation. "It's so much easier just to go to the website."

The owners of 807,000 homes in the state are getting a break on their property taxes thanks to the homestead credit, which acts as a limit on annual increases. About 150,000 owners haven't sent in their applications, according to the assessments agency.

The statewide homestead program is only for primary residences. It keeps the amount of assessed value a homeowner is taxed on from increasing more than 10 percent a year, with even lower caps in most jurisdictions… http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bs-bz-homestead-application-feature-20120402,0,3243613.story

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Shoemaker: Appeal property tax assessments

Shoemaker: Appeal property tax assessments by Brandon Oland, Times Staff Writer Sunday, January 18, 2009

HAMPSTEAD — With real estate values falling and the amount of foreclosures rising, Hampstead lawyer and Mayor Haven Shoemaker Jr. said property owners should be paying close attention to their property tax reassessments.

“Those of us who have been assessed recently have been paying more than we have to,” Shoemaker said. “That doesn’t sit well with me.”

Shoemaker held a question-and-answer session Thursday for property owners interested in challenging the assessed value of their properties.

Shoemaker and local Realtors offered advice for how property owners can appeal the assessed value of their properties.

Here are common questions people ask about making an appeal of a property assessment.

Read the entire article here: Shoemaker: Appeal property tax assessments

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/01/18/news/local_news/newsstory4.txt

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