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Archive Home > 2009 > October > 18 > 3% higher property tax bill may startle you

3% higher property tax bill may startle you

Actual home values have plunged, but that’s not how taxes are tallied, though legislators may change that

By Nick Budnick / The Bulletin
October 18, 2009

SALEM — For a month, Jefferson County Assessor Patsy Mault has been hearing from people whose property values have plummeted.

They hope to hear that their taxes will, too.

So Mault fills them in: They won’t.

“After I explain it to them, they understand,” she said. “They may not like it, but they....

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