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Tag: property taxes
Posted inAtlanta Civic Circle, Housing Affordability, Latest News
City proposal to help homeowners with property tax hikes moves forward
Some longtime Atlanta homeowners who fear spiking property taxes could price them out of their communities just got a bit closer to finding solace and housing security.
Posted inMaggie Lee
Fulton County considering taxes, gentrification, state funding ahead of legislative session
Fulton County looks likely to ask the state to give it the right to dig into the records of companies appeal commercial property tax assessments.
Posted inMaggie Lee
Fulton is undervaluing some commercial properties; so now what?
The people who are supposed to set the taxable value of Fulton’s buildings are “outgunned” by commercial property owners and hired experts, says a county commissioner.
Posted inLatest News
Georgia Legislature sets up Atlanta tax votes, but not for BeltLine
The state Legislature closed its business this year without authorizing a BeltLine idea to raise some $100 million via a new tax on commercial and multifamily residential properties near the trail. But they did approve Atlanta votes on property taxes and extending a sewer sales tax.
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Atlanta lawmakers work on plan to phase in property assessment spikes
Atlanta state lawmakers are working on a bill to phase in property tax assessments slowly, help protect residents with a bigger homestead exemption, but also force the Fulton County tax assessor’s office to value properties correctly.
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Some Fulton property tax caps start moving through Legislature
The dozens of lawmakers who represent Fulton County are wrestling with a question and little time to deal with it: is it time for a broader cap on how much property taxes can rise from year to year?
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Fulton leaders may seek state help to blunt property tax spikes
In the aftermath of a taxpayers’ revolt over a surge in many 2017 Fulton County home property tax bills, local government leaders are trying to figure out how to dodge the pitchforks and torches next time. A cap on home property tax increases could be part of the plan.
