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1 1996 Tax Statements (2) 2/22/96 I Taxes on some properties in the County have increased slightly . from the taxes sho'NI1 on the "Truth In Taxation" notices. The primary reason for the increase is due to reductions in tax base I resulting from new homestead filings, tax court petitions and abatementS. If a taxing authority did not decrease its levy between "Truth In Taxation" and the final levy certification, I taxes shown for that authority may have increased. Unusual Iteds on Tax Statements Market Value Based Taxes - Several years ago, the legislature I provided that any new non-school (as well as some school) referenda levies would be applied to the market values of properties instead of their net tax capacities. This change I meant that homestead properties would bear a much greater share of the added cost. A $100,000 commercial property would have the same added tax as a $100,000 homestead property. I Residents in the city of MaplewooQ have a market value based tax which appears on line 11 of the tax statement. Residents in Maplewood/North St. Paul School District #622 have a market value I based tax which is part of the total on line 9A. Contamination Tax - 29 parcels will ~ave this tax in 1996 based I on the difference in market value between what a polluted property is worth now and what ir. would be worth without the contamination. Different tax rates apply depending on whether the contamination was caused by the current owner and whether a II clean-up plan has been implemented. The tax will appear on the empty line under line 13 only on those properties where it applie . Excluded Improvements for "This Old House" - The legislature provided I a value deferment for added im~rovements made to homestead properties that are at least 3~ years old. The deferred value of those improvements is shown on the line labeled "improvements I excluded" . St. paul Rental Equity Project - 371 rental properties (3 or less units) took advantage of a special pilot project in the City of I St. Paul. Under the program, landlords who make improvements to their rertal properties receive the lower homestead tax class rate for their properties instead of the rental tax class rate. The program criginally was to apply only to payable 1995 taxes but was I expanded by the legislature to include payable 1996 taxes. The difference in taxes (or credit) appears on line 5B. Tax Appeals Available I The only way that property owners can appeal their 1996 taxes is by filing a petition for review of their property values with tax court I by March 31, 1996. The Tax Court has two divisions - the regular division, whose decisions may be appealed, and the small claims division, whose decisions are final. If the property is homestead, I the petition can be filed in either division. Property owners were previously given opportunities to appeal their values when value ~otices were mailed in March or at the County Board of Equalizatio" ~n June. (2) I