A property tax reckoning is coming - HousingWire

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Measures to limit taxes and increase exemptions are cropping up in areas that saw a dramatic influx of remote workers, like Montana and Idaho.
45% : Local governments raise over five times more revenue from property taxes than from sales taxes, and over 10 times more than from income taxes, data from the Department of Commerce show.
43% : "We're in uncharted territory," said Joan Youngman, who chairs the department of valuation and taxation at the Lincoln Institute.
42% : But it wasn't enough to stop taxes from rising.
42% : "I don't know how a local tax assessor in Boise can justify raising taxes on a resident who just happened to be living in a house when a bunch of out-of-towners came in and overpaid for properties," Sharga said.
40% : The so-called tax revolt only happened after taxes had already risen substantially.

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