Renter’s Property Tax Refund Program
In the class we talked about the property tax incidence for apartments -- depending on the relative mobility between renting behavior and housing capital, renters and house owners each share a portion of property tax burden.
In Minnesota, the renter’s property tax refund program (sometimes called the “renters’ credit�) is a state-paid refund that provides tax relief to renters whose rent and “implicit property taxes� are high relative to their incomes. “Rent constituting property taxes� is assumed to equal 19 percent of rent paid. If that rent constituting property tax exceeds a threshold percentage of income, the refund equals a percentage of the tax over the threshold, up to a maximum amount.
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Posted by: Gamil Sawiris | July 23, 2008 4:26 PM
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Posted by: Peter Williams | July 23, 2008 4:43 PM
As income increases, the threshold percentage increases, the share of tax over the threshold that the taxpayer must pay increases, and the maximum refund decreases. The renter’s property tax refund program program uses household income, a broad measure that includes most types of income.
Posted by: austin_mls realtor | July 28, 2008 4:52 AM
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Posted by: the mortgage_broker | August 16, 2008 8:16 PM
Minnesota has two property tax refund programs. You may qualify for one or both, even if you haven’t qualified in previous years. If you are a property owner with questions about your property's assessed value or tax, please contact your county assessor's office for more information
Posted by: Greg Smith | August 22, 2008 9:41 PM
The homeowner’s property tax refund program (sometimes called the “circuit breaker� or the PTR) is a state-paid refund that provides tax relief to homeowners whose property taxes are high relative to their incomes. If property tax exceeds a threshold percentage of income, the refund equals a percentage of the tax over the threshold, up to a maximum amount.
Posted by: austin_mls realtor | August 24, 2008 6:30 PM
The homeowner’s property tax refund program (sometimes called the “circuit breaker� or the PTR) is a state-paid refund that provides tax relief to homeowners whose property taxes are high relative to their incomes. If property tax exceeds a threshold percentage of income, the refund equals a percentage of the tax over the threshold, up to a maximum amount.
Posted by: austin_mls realtor | August 24, 2008 6:31 PM