Property Taxes

New York Property Taxes Unfair To Renters, New Evidence Shows

Ben Hallman | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: New York Renters, New York Property Taxes, New York Homeowners, Property Taxes, New York Rent, New York City Rent, Money News

New Yorkers don't agree on much, but the 68 percent of us who rent our homes or apartments can usually find common cause on at least one issue: The rent we pay each month, as one perennial political candidate often says, is too damn high.

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No-Tax Town Would Rather Die Than Levy

HuffingtonPost.com | Janell Ross | Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Taxes, Senior Citizens, Senior Community, Unemployment, Budget Cuts, Arizona, Property Taxes, Recession, Public Services, Municipal Debt, Youngtown, Business News

In Youngtown, Ariz., city officials are contemplating the legal equivalent of shutting down. The city of about 6,500 people 30 minutes northwest o...

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How Property Taxes Climb, Even If Home Value Drops

www.npr.org | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Property Taxes, Shaker Heights, Npr, Homeowners, Homeownership, Ohio, Cleveland Ohio, Home Values, Fifty News

Millions of homeowners are finding out that their property taxes are either holding steady or climbing, even as their houses may be worth much less. T...

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A Silver Lining in New York's Tax Hike

Carol Kellermann | Posted 02.07.2012

If a temporary personal income tax hike is the price we pay for long-term reforms that enhance infrastructure, encourage job growth, and make the tax system more equitable, then it is a price worth paying.

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Local Expenses And Federal Cuts Stretch States For 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Scott Pattison, Year-in-Review, Video, Dan Crippen, State and Local Government, Fiscal Survey of the States, State Finances, National Association of State Budget Officers, National Governors Association, Property Taxes, Medicaid, Higher Education, Education Spending, Politics News

A rise in Medicaid costs, combined with the end of federal stimulus funds and a continued decline in property tax receipts at the local level will com...

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Facebook Facing Property Tax Dispute In Oregon

AP | By JONATHAN J. COOPER | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Video, Facebook Property Taxes, Social Networking, Business News, Property Taxes, Facebook, Facebook Property Tax Dispute Oregon, Property Tax Disputes, Facebook-Oregon-Data-Center, Business News

SALEM, Ore. -- The promise of lucrative tax breaks helped persuade Facebook to build a data center in one of Oregon's most economically depressed coun...

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National League Of Cities: City Governments Cutting Staff, Stopping Construction, As Revenue Dries Up

AP | By DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Business News, City Government Cuts, Video, Property Taxes, City Government, City Staff Cuts, National League of Cities, Business News

WASHINGTON -- More than half of U.S. cities have cut staff, canceled construction projects or raised fees this year, according to a report from the Na...

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Cook County Property Owners May Now Appeal Assessments Online

Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Cook County Homes, Property Owners, Chicago Property Taxes, Cook County Property Assessments, Appealing Property Assessments Cook County, Cook County Board of Review, Homeowners, Property Taxes, Cook County Assessor, Joe Berrios, Cook County, Chicago Homes, Chicago Homeowners, Appealing Property Assessments, Chicago News

Chicago homeowners looking to challenge their property's assessed value can now save a trip downtown by filing their appeals online, via a new system ...

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Should Property Taxes Go Up To Help Fund Schools? Aldermen Debate

Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Chicago City Council, Chicago Public Schools, Cps Property Taxes, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Property Taxes, Chicago, Property Tax Hike, Illinois, Property Taxes, Property Tax Increase, Jean-Claude Brizard, Chicago Property Tax Hike, Chicago News

When Rahm Emanuel replaced Richard Daley as mayor of Chicago, and an unprecedented number of new aldermen were elected to the City Council, many predi...

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BEYOND BROKE: CPS Could Levy Big Property Tax Hike

Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Schools, Chicago Property Taxes, Chicago, CPS Budget, Cps, Illinois, Property Taxes, Property Tax Increase, Chicago News

It's no secret: the Chicago Public Schools, like nearly every other governmental agency in the state of Illinois, is in a deep, deep hole. In fact,...

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Judge Rejects Kansas Parents' Plea To Pay More Taxes For Schools

AP | BILL DRAPER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kansas School Funding, Kansas, Education Budget Cuts, Shawnee Mission Parents, John Lungstrum, Shawnee Mission, School Budget Cuts, Property Taxes, Education Funding, Education News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Parents in a wealthy suburban Kansas City school district cannot seek to raise property taxes above a state cap because it co...

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Kansas Parents Sue To Be Allowed To Pay More School Taxes

AP | HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shawnee Mission, School Taxes, Education Budget, Kansas, School Budget Cuts, Shawnee Mission Parents, Sam Brownback, School Funding, Property Taxes, Education News

MISSION, Kan. — Parents in a suburban Kansas City school district where some homes cost $1 million or more have done as much as they can to rais...

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State Tax Revenues Rise For The Third Straight Quarter

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Rockfeller Institute, State Deficits, State Budget, State Budget Cutbacks, State Taxes, Property Taxes, State Tax Revenue, Tax Collection, Business News

WASHINGTON — State tax revenues rose over the summer for the third straight quarter, giving a much-needed boost to beleaguered government budgets. ...

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Why New Jersey Is Still the Worst State for Property Taxes

DailyFinance | JONATHAN BERR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Highest Property Taxes, New Jersey, Tax Rates, Tax Cuts, Property Taxes, Tax Foundation, Business News

f there is one thing that unifies residents of New Jersey, particularly in these divisive times, it's property taxes: Everybody hates them. One of ...

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Woman Starts Hunger Strike, Protests Foreclosure

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Hamp, Anapolis, Lauren Rymer, Baltimore, Mortgage Modification, Making Home Affordable, Martin O'Malley, Foreclosure, Property Taxes, Deed, Housing Crisis, Maryland, Business News

A Baltimore woman who is losing her home started a hunger strike on Monday morning to draw attention to the national foreclosure crisis and the diffic...

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Despite Tea Party Rhetoric, Many Cities Are Embracing Tax Hikes

AP | ROBIN HINDERY | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Local Taxes, Tax Rates, Tax Raises, Election 2010, State Budget Deficits, Property Taxes, California Taxes, Municipal Debt, Business News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Forget all the talk about voters being fed up with high taxes: In hundreds of cities and counties across the country, they are ...

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The Tax Man In Ancient Rome: We're Just As Bad

HuffingtonPost.com | William Alden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, JPMorgan Chase, Tax Farming, Rome, Bank of America, Publicani, Foreclosure, Property Taxes, Roman Empire, Tax Lien, Senators, Business News

Sheila Rice, who sold her Maryland home to avoid foreclosure, was surprised to learn JPMorgan Chase was her property tax collector. But the bank can't...

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The New Tax Man: Big Banks And Hedge Funds

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bank of America, Taxes, Banks, JPMorgan Chase, New Tax Man, Property Taxes, Tax Liens, Huffington Post Investigative Fund, Video, Business News

By Fred Schulte and Ben ProtessHuffington Post Investigative FundInteractive StoryPowered by StoryRiver Media Nearly a dozen major banks and hedge fu...

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PHOTOS: Where To Find The Highest Property Taxes In Chicago

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Real Estate, Chicago Property Tax Rates, Roscoe Village Property Tax, Chicago Property Taxes, Chicago, Slidepollajax, Property Taxes, Chicago Neighborhoods, Chicago Neighborhoods Property Tax, Real Estate, Chicago News

One of the few reliable sources of income for our otherwise cash-strapped city is property taxes. Whether you're looking to move to a new neighborhood...

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Are You a Tax-Exempt Charity? Sure About That?

Kelly Kleiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Non-Profits, Nonprofit, Not for Profits, Charity, Provena-Covenant-Medical-Center, Cook County Property Taxes, Hospitals, Tax Exemptions, Property Taxes, Provena, Nonprofit Tax Exempt Status, Chicago News

Illinois has begun to cast lascivious glances at its nonprofits. Those property-tax exemptions look mighty comfortable.

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Andrew Cuomo to New York State School Districts: Drop Dead

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fred Dicker, Andrew Cuomo, Property Taxes, Governor David Paterson, New York State Budget, New York News

The state fiscal year is nearly one-quarter over -- and there's still no adopted state budget. Governor Paterson has twice rammed through extenders to keep the state government operating.

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Time for a New York Bonus Tax: An Open Letter to Albany

Dan Cantor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Property Taxes, Bailout, Bank Bailout, Wall Street, Wall Street Bonuses, New York City, Banker-Bonus-Tax, New York News

Can anyone explain why the Legislature shouldn't impose a modest tax on Wall Street bonuses to recover a portion of our money in order to relieve the property tax burden?

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Michele Bachmann Forgot To Pay Her Property Taxes On Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Property Taxes, Michele Bachmann Arrears, Michele Bachmann Taxes, Michele Bachmann, Bachmann Tax Protest, Politics News

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) -- the firebrand conservative and Tea Party darling -- was late paying her property taxes this year and has been assess...

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Palin Did Not Pay Taxes On Cabins: Assessor Finds Two Cabins On Sarah Palin's Land

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Irs, Todd Palin, Anchorage, Sarah Palin, Tax Assessor, Property Taxes, Alaska, Thomas Van Flein, Palin Land, Palin Property Taxes, Sarah Palin Cabins, Dave Dunivan, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Records show that Sarah Palin hasn't paid any property taxes on cabins that have been built on two backcountry plots partial...

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Daley Dips Into Parking Meter Funds To Offer Property Tax Grants

Chicago Sun-Times | FRAN SPIELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chicago Budget 2010, Chicago Parking Meters, Daley-Property-Taxes, Chicago Property Taxes, Daley Property Tax Relief, Mayor Daley, Property Taxes, Parking, Chicago News

Chicago homeowners squeezed by rising property tax bills could be in line for cash grants of up to $200 thanks to $35 million worth of property tax re...

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