HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976 03-23 Suburban homeowners face slight increase in tax DISPATCH Suburban homeowners r 23, ,
face slight increase in tax
By JOHN KELLY ued this year at$27,500 will be '$22,000 home in the same commu-
Staff Writer taxed $859.02 or an increase of nity would have a$3.48 increase,
While property taxes will de- $32.78,a 3.9 per cent jump. however.
cline in St. Paul for the 1976 tax IN MOUNDS VIEW, the same THE SITUATION is not corn-
collection year, homeowners in home will be taxed $788.28 this pletely bleak for the suburban
suburban Ramsey County munici- Year, a $51.76 or 7 per cent in- homeowner,however,because the
palfties will be facing a slight in- crease. new "circuit-breaker" tax relief
crease. In Maplewood,the increase will plan might provide a refund for
circum-
Figures compiled by the Ram- be 7.8 per cent,in Arden Hills 3.5 homeowners in the right sey County Taxation Department per cent,in Roseville 2.3 per cent, stances.
show a typical suburban residence in Shoreview 6.2 per cent and in The new program relates in-
valued last year at $25,000 will Little Canada 12.3 per cent,based come to property taxes and a
face increases of up to 12 per cent, on the$27,500 home. homeowner could receive up to
with the average increase about 5 $150 in extra homestead credit be-
Only Vadnais Heights showed a
per cent. yond the normal$325 traditional
decrease among Ramsey County credit.
Increased spending plus a 10 per suburban municipalities for the A copy of the homeowners tax
cent increase in valuation,raising $27,500 home, registering a $2.64 statement will be provided by the
the value of that home to$27,500, decrease on a $825.96 tax bill,or county Tax Department for filing
have tended to drive taxes up in .003 per cent. The owner of a with the state to obtain the appro-
the suburbs, the Tax Department - priate credit.
said.
THE FORM for circuit-breaker
IN ST. PAUL,the same$25,000 claims is to be filed by Aug.31
home also faced the revaluation to with the return from the state to
$27,500 but will receive a tax cut be mailed in the first week in Oc-
of about 4 per cent,largely due to toter, in time to help pay second-
a curbing of the city budget by us- half tax payments on the home.
ing increased state aids. With the increases in taxes in
Its North St. Paul counterpart, the suburbs and the decreases in
which last year was taxed at St. Paul, White Rear Lake leads
$707.88, is facing a tax bill of the county with the highest mill
$745.54 at the new valuation,an in- rate at 128.698.
crease of$37.66 or 5.3 per cent. St. Paul, which led last year,
A White Bear Lake home val- now is second with 126.718 m+ '