Governor Visits Warsaw To Talk Property Taxes
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Daniels spent a half hour during the 11 a.m. broadcast on Warsaw radio station WRSW 107.3 fielding questions from Kosciusko County listeners. He also spoke on Willie 103.5 and ESPN 1480.[[In-content Ad]]Listeners submitted questions for the governor via e-mail Wednesday to WRSW News Director Stacey Page. Four questions were selected for Daniels to provide a response.
Daniels spoke about his proposed property tax plan that would cap residential property taxes at 1 percent of a home's assessed value; rental property taxes at 2 percent; and business and farm properties at 3 percent phased in from 2009 to 2010.
Daniels addressed one listener's question regarding what happens to property taxes for those now paying less than the 1 percent.
"The starting point of the proposed plan is an immediate cut for every single property taxpayer that will (cause) average property taxes to go down by a third," Daniels said.
Daniels said the cap is in place for permanent sealing and protection.
"It is key to control growth of total government spending including city, county, libraries and schools because it has been growing twice as fast as Hoosier incomes," Daniels said.
He said there are a lot of people in Indiana who are well above the cap. He said after this year's cut comes, they may still be above the cap and they would get a second property tax cut next year. Those currently below the cap will get a reduction.
Another question was if the proposed property tax plan is not accepted as he would like, what would the legislation include to get his approval.
"With anything like this, it is important to be open to others ideas, there has to be immediate relief, long-term protection and great fairness and consistency in property assessment.
"There are 1,100 people assessing property in the Indiana, which is a formula for unfairness for similar properties being taxed in very unequal ways," Daniels said.
Daniels said the thing he hopes to accomplish this year is to change from a system that asks how much money government thinks it needs and hands out bills. He said the question should be how much can the taxpayer afford, and then the government adapts its spending to that amount.
"We need to control growth of future local government spending so it doesn't run ahead of the money in Hoosiers' pockets," Daniels said.
Daniels spent a half hour during the 11 a.m. broadcast on Warsaw radio station WRSW 107.3 fielding questions from Kosciusko County listeners. He also spoke on Willie 103.5 and ESPN 1480.[[In-content Ad]]Listeners submitted questions for the governor via e-mail Wednesday to WRSW News Director Stacey Page. Four questions were selected for Daniels to provide a response.
Daniels spoke about his proposed property tax plan that would cap residential property taxes at 1 percent of a home's assessed value; rental property taxes at 2 percent; and business and farm properties at 3 percent phased in from 2009 to 2010.
Daniels addressed one listener's question regarding what happens to property taxes for those now paying less than the 1 percent.
"The starting point of the proposed plan is an immediate cut for every single property taxpayer that will (cause) average property taxes to go down by a third," Daniels said.
Daniels said the cap is in place for permanent sealing and protection.
"It is key to control growth of total government spending including city, county, libraries and schools because it has been growing twice as fast as Hoosier incomes," Daniels said.
He said there are a lot of people in Indiana who are well above the cap. He said after this year's cut comes, they may still be above the cap and they would get a second property tax cut next year. Those currently below the cap will get a reduction.
Another question was if the proposed property tax plan is not accepted as he would like, what would the legislation include to get his approval.
"With anything like this, it is important to be open to others ideas, there has to be immediate relief, long-term protection and great fairness and consistency in property assessment.
"There are 1,100 people assessing property in the Indiana, which is a formula for unfairness for similar properties being taxed in very unequal ways," Daniels said.
Daniels said the thing he hopes to accomplish this year is to change from a system that asks how much money government thinks it needs and hands out bills. He said the question should be how much can the taxpayer afford, and then the government adapts its spending to that amount.
"We need to control growth of future local government spending so it doesn't run ahead of the money in Hoosiers' pockets," Daniels said.
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