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April 17,
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In This
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One
Small Step for the Legislature One
Giant Leap for the Taxpayers
Last week I successfully added an amendment to a
bill, HB1321, that may make a difference for the taxpayers in all parts of
This creates a double windfall
for the taxing jurisdiction. First the levy rate is higher; second, it is
calculated off of a new, and probably higher, assessment yet to be
done. My amendment requires that the new levy is applied to the
previous year’s assessment. While my amendment seems small, it will
make a big difference in government’s honesty level with the taxpayers. If
the taxing jurisdictions need more money, they should ask for what they
need, rather than hoping for elevated reassessments to boost taxes even
higher. When taxing entities request a tax increase, they usually
print an example of how much this would cost the average homeowner.
If the new tax is calculated from an unknown reassessment, how can they
make an estimate? Most of the debate centered around
one philosophical point: You’re either with the taxpayers or against
them. Although the Amendment
Would Change
Calculation
of Property Tax Rate
An amendment
added Tuesday to a House bill aims to reduce homeowners’ tax burdens by
requiring taxing jurisdictions to levy property taxes based on the
previous year’s assessed valuations. Under the
legislation, jurisdictions such as cities or school districts seeking to
increase their property tax rates would have to base increases on the
previous year’s
assessed valuations rather than current year assessments, which may be
unknown to voters at the time they approve the tax
increase. The
amendment’s sponsor, Rep. The amendment
would also reset all taxing jurisdictions’ maximum tax rate to the rate
they’re currently charging, meaning voters would have to approve any
increase, even if a jurisdiction was under its current
limit. The amendment
significantly expanded the scope of the bill to which it was attached. The
bill increased the state’s maximum property tax subsidy for senior
citizens and expanding eligibility for the program — provisions already
included in legislation passed by the Senate earlier this year.
|Jason Noble,
jnoble@kcstar.com April 8,
2008 Your
thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about
this proposal. You can send me your opinion by clicking
here:
Cynthia Davis. My Solution to
Tax Increases: American Cancer
Association
Rep. Davis met
with both with the
American Cancer Society. Last week, two of my constituents
from District 19 visited me at the Capitol to discuss the local efforts of
the American Cancer Society. Prescription
Assistance The Partnership for Prescription Assistance helps
qualifying patients who lack prescription coverage obtain the medicines
they need through a public or private program that is right for them. Many
will get medicines free or nearly free. The mission of this partnership is
to increase awareness of patient assistance programs and boost enrollment
of those who are eligible. The Partnership for Prescription Assistance brings
together A Little
Bit of Humor…
A child swallowed a coin and it stuck in his
throat. His mother ran out in the street yelling for help. A
man passing by took the boy by his shoulders and hit him with a few strong
strokes on the back. The child coughed up the coin.
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