Taxpayer
praise to all 7 Douglas County Commissioners who voted to lower the county
property tax levy 1/2c per $100 of valuation, after finding that the county
valuation increase averaged 11.5% instead of 9%. Although property owners still will pay more
property tax to the county because of inflation, Douglas Co. Commissioners made
an effort to ease the tax hike pain. Thank
them. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to join our NTF
County Watch Project.
To all who now squawk &
holler about their property valuation/taxes rising after receiving their post
card notices: Taxing authorities already have set their property tax
rates. The time to contest your tax levy
was during the time that elected officials were preparing their annual budgets
& providing a public hearing for taxpayer comment. Plenty of time for homeowners to do budget
analysis. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com for info on How
to Monitor a Taxing Authority.
Southeast
Community College insulted property taxpayers by hiking its tax levy
immediately before a law removing most property taxing authority from community
colleges takes effect, replaced with state aid.
It added another insult to taxpayers by reversing itself & canceling
a scheduled event for conservative Sen. Kathleen Kauth. Urge your state senator to cut state funding
for SCC next legislative session. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to join our NTF
Education Watch Project.
OPS, the largest school
district in the metro area, collects about 55%-60% of our total property taxes &
instructs over 50,000 students.
Yesterday, the district held its public budget hearing. Only 3 individuals, NE Taxpayers for Freedom
members, testified on the budget. If all
the homeowners who complain about their high property taxes attended school
board budget & other meetings, perhaps elected officials would pay more
attention to taxpayers. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to join the
fight!
Thousands of rural & urban
property owners across the state loudly complain about their skyrocketing
property valuations that continue to increase annually. If all these complaining residents would
attend their local taxing authority public budget hearings & demand that
their elected officials lower the property tax levy to neutralize the valuation
hikes pending the next election, officials would listen. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com
for our budget speech template.
Property owners continue
to complain about skyrocketing property valuations, & rightly so! You can whine. Or, you can attend local taxing authority
public budget hearings in Aug. & Sept. & request elected officials to
ratchet down their property tax levy the same % as your valuation increased,
thereby neutralizing much if not all of your valuation subject to property
taxation. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com for a template to
use at hearings.
The Omaha City Council public
budget hearing is Tue. In the budget is
millions appropriated to the streetcar project. Despite the Mayor & city council assuring
taxpayers that city residents will not have to pay the streetcar bill, the local
transit authority, which already levies a property tax, easily could assume
responsibility for streetcar payments & stick a streetcar tax to Omaha
taxpayers. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com to fight a
streetcar tax.
Taxing authorities holding
upcoming public budget hearings do not publicize them well, purposely. They do not want taxpayers showing up to
demand that they lower their property tax levies to neutralize recent valuation
spikes. Don’t let elected officials get
away with saying they did not raise our property taxes by keeping the same tax
levy. See taxing entity websites for
budget hearing dates. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com for our budget
hearing testimony template.
During July-Sept., local taxing authorities, e.g., cities, school districts set their property tax levies. Because property valuations have skyrocketed, eroding a portion of our property tax credits, most will pay higher property taxes in 2023. Unless we convince elected officials to lower our property tax levy rate. NE Taxpayers for Freedom has developed a standard speech for those courageous enough to attend upcoming budget hearings & demand a levy drop. Email netaxpayers@gmail.com.
During July-Sept., local taxing authorities, e.g., cities, school districts set their property tax levies. Because property valuations have skyrocketed, eroding a portion of our property tax credits, most will pay higher property taxes in 2023. Unless we convince elected officials to lower our property tax levy rate. NE Taxpayers for Freedom has developed a standard speech for those courageous enough to attend upcoming budget hearings & demand a levy drop. E
