Property Tax

Residents tax rates expected to fall

Ashwaubenon budget, tax levy would rise ASHWAUBENON — Village residents should see a significant drop in the village portion of their property tax bills this December. A tax-increment finance district — a financing method used...

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Christie's challenge: Cutting $8 billion

The state has an $8 billion budget hole for next year. Revenues are collapsing. And voters have elected Chris Christie as governor to do just as he promised: cut government spending and not raise taxes.

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S.F. commercial properties seek tax relief

Landmark skyscrapers, signature hotels and upscale retailers glitter in the San Francisco skyline and enhance its cachet. But with commercial real estate slumping, they soon may subtract badly needed cash from the city's...

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UI Research Park: Investment and returns

CHAMPAIGN – The gleaming new buildings at the University of Illinois Research Park have generated upward of $3.2 million in property tax revenue for Champaign, its schools and other taxing districts. On the flip side: The...

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Legislators discuss tax limits, social services

EVANSVILLE — Voters likely will have a chance next year to decide if they want the Indiana Constitution to place limits on the collection of property taxes. That was the forecast given by several state lawmakers who spoke at a...

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Supply, Demand and the U.S. Dollar

“It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them; but on the contrary, men dive for them because they fetch a high price.” – Richard Whately (1787-1863) The most important thing that rules the economies...

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House owner's bankruptcy may cost family a home

An Evansville couple, buying a home on contract, say the owner's bankruptcy could cost them their home The tenants say they are hoping to find a way to stay in their home The owner says the housng meltdown left him in financial...

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School referendum gives taxpayers say over their wallets

well" in Indiana. Capital construction projects and operational increases for schools have failed more often than not since November 2008 – a 58 percent failure rate overall and 65 percent when considering just capital-project...

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Start planning year-end tax strategies

Year-end tax planning this year will be different from years past, largely because of the recession. For many taxpayers, the year has meant a job loss, a job with less income or perhaps a home foreclosure. There also have been...

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Harrison educating landlords about apartment inspections

By Tom Yerace, VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Saturday, November 21, 2009 Harrison Township landlords must have units inspected before each rental by township Zoning Officer Joe Marino. "What I am looking to do is to try to enlighten...

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