Bremen Tax Bills Coming in Early Summer
By Stacey Creasy
PLYMOUTH � No fooling, county officials believe they will be ready to send the reassessment to the state for certification by April 1.
Marshall County Assessor Mike Boys, his chief deputy Lois Kelso and Kathy Clark of Property Systems gave an update to the Marshall County Commissioners Monday.
The tough news for some is there will be only one tax draw this year which means instead of property owners paying taxes in May and November, they will pay for the entire year in November.
�We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. It�s getting bigger and bigger, brighter and brighter,� Boys said.
This is the first reassessment win which Indiana has been court-ordered to use a fair market system when assessing property.
The current reassessment was to begin in July 1999.
The Indiana General Ass-embly did not pass the needed legislation to address the re-assessment until a special session in 2002, leaving assessors across the state to complete an 18-month reassessment in eight or nine months.
Marshall is one of a handful of counties in the state that is nearing the finish line of its reassessment.
�We should be ready to send the information to the state by April 1,� Kelso said.
Sending the information to the State Tax Commission is the beginning of the process. The state will take 30 to 60 days to certify the reassessment and give the county a tax rate.
Form 11s will then be sent out to property owners in the county, who will have 45 days to appeal the process.
Marshall County Treasurer Penny Lukenbill said once form 11s are sent out, you can count on four to five months before the tax revenue is received.
Lukenbill estimated tax bills will do out between mid-August to Early September. Residents will have until Nov. 10 as usual to pay their bill.
There is concern the process could be further delayed by surrounding counties that share school districts such as John Glenn and Union-North United (LaVille).
County officials have no idea what the new tax rate will be this year.
�That is determined by the state,� Boys added.
State lawmakers feared some property taxes would jump by 30 to 40 percent which is why a number of tax credits were implement this year.
Boys, Lukenbill and Marshall County Auditor Jan Quivey meet every Thursday for weekly updates.
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