05/26/10
BY MIKE FITZGERALD - News-Democrat The slumping housing market has finally caught up with the St. Clair County township multipliers that determine property tax assessments and, ultimately, the size of your property tax bills. As a result, multipliers in 18 of 22 townships have dropped for 2009, making it likely that property tax bills in those townships -- the first of which are set to show up in mailboxes next week -- either will hold steady or drop compared with last year, according to figures released Tuesday by the county Board of Review. Property owners can expect to see some tax relief this year because the multipliers are based on property sale prices within a township and averaged over three years, according to Dan Maher, the county director of administration.
So as the sale price averages from 2007 and 2008 -- the "go-go years" of the housing boom -- are taken out "and you start getting into '09, '10 and '11, that's when you start seeing some real adjustments," Maher said. The final size of taxpayers' bills, however, will depend on whether school districts within a township raise their tax rates to make up for lower as...
05/25/10
May 2010 Phyllis Schlafly Report via eagleforum.org
America Becomes a Two-Class Society Income tax day, April 15, 2010, now divides Americans into two almost equal classes: those who pay for the services provided by government and those who don't. The percentage of Americans who will pay no federal income taxes at all for 2009 has risen to 47%. That isn't the worst of it. The bottom 40% not only pay no income tax, but the government sends them cash or benefits financed by the taxes dutifully paid by those who do pay income tax. The outright cash handouts include the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), which can amount to as much as $5,657 a year to low-income families. Other financial benefits can include child tax credits, welfare, food stamps, WIC (Women, Infants, Children), housing subsidies, unemployment benefits, Medicaid, S-CHIP, and other programs. This is both a massive transfer of wealth and a soak-the-rich racket. The top 10% pay 73% of the income taxes collected by the federal government. The cost of Obamacare will skyrocket our income tax rate within 30 years...
04/27/10
All Dates Are Tentative Property Tax Bills will be mailed by June 11, 2010 First Installment Due Date - July 14, 2010 Second Installment Due Date - September 8, 2010 Last Day to Pay Tax and Avoid Publication - September 24, 2010 Notice of Tax Sale by Certified Notice - October 1, 2010 Newspapers Publish Unpaid Taxes and Notice of Tax Sale - October 4-8, 2010 Last Day to Pay Tax and Avoid Tax Sale - November 5, 2010 Tax Sale of All Unpaid Taxes - November 8, 2010 ...
04/16/10
Springfield . . . The taxpayers of Illinois deserve to know where the state is spending their money and whether or not those tax dollars are being spent wisely, according to State Senator Kyle McCarter. McCarter is calling for a detailed forensic audit of state government. His proposal is contained in Senate Resolution 763 and mirrors a similar resolution recently introduced in the House. “People are aware of the corruption. We’ve had a governor jailed and another impeached who is also facing prosecution and they’ve seen state government fall deeper into debt like never before,” said McCarter (R-Lebanon). The taxpayers deserve to know where their money is being spent and whether it’s being spent wisely.” The 51st District Senator said from 2003 through 2009, state government received $7 billion in additional tax revenue and yet today the budget deficit has grown by billions more. “This forensic audit will help us identify the waste,” said McCarter. “Government should cut waste before it cuts funding for programs such as Macon Resources in Decatur or FAYCO Enterprises in Vandalia, and you cut waste before you cut funding for the CILAs (Community Integr...
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