Total Property Tax Exemptions
When property taxes collected by the county place a disproportionately large burden on the resident’s annual income, yet its removal presents an insignificant burden on the county, the fact that it hasn’t been addressed yet is downright criminal.
After a lifetime of working, paying off your home and saving for retirement, you deserve to relax
Michael has a multifaceted strategy to achieve increased revenue through economic growth, lower expenditures through efficient budgeting and responsible management of debt, and expansion of initiatives to reduce the tax burden on families using the demonstrable offset from newly established growth and improvement. Successful implementations will be analyzed for applicability to other counties and presented to respective commissioners, while universally applicable programs will be presented to the state legislature for consideration in upcoming bills to be adopted statewide.
Having a realistic path to achieve this goal is as important as the goal, itself. Through strategic economic development and careful, responsible budgeting, the county can grow revenue sources that reduce reliance on property taxes on primary residences. Instead of increasing tax rates on the existing tax base, Nash wants to increase the tax bases on the existing tax rates. Done correctly, this approach can strengthen our local economies, support job creation, and increase sales tax revenue for our municipalities while easing the burden on our hard-working people.
“I believe Cleveland County should work toward reducing, and ultimately eliminating, ad valorem taxes on primary residences, beginning with seniors on fixed incomes, low-income families, and veterans — folks who are most impacted by rising property taxes.”
“And I want to go further: he want to extend this benefit to folks who rent. Bold as it sounds, I wants a mechanism to verify that the saved property taxes are being passed through to the renters, and I want our success to serve as a blueprint to the rest of the state.”
County leadership has had opportunities over the years to pursue meaningful property tax relief. Moving forward, residents deserve a clear plan, steady progress, and a commitment to prioritizing affordability for the people who call Cleveland County home.
Jeopardy Question
The category is “Same Outcome, Different Name” for $2,000:
A system where continued residence depends on recurring payments, and failure to pay can result in removal of the occupant and transfer of the property to another party, without compensation to the family who lived there.
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If that answer didn’t come to mind, consider this: a recurring cost of about $2,000 per year on a small, modest home is sufficient to put the most vulnerable Cleveland County families in a position where failure to pay means losing their home without compensation.
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