Many issues the taxpayer has with property taxation may resolved by an informal review of the property tax assessment with an assessor of the Montana Department of Revenue. The Montana Department of Revenue claims that over 90 percent of property tax disagreements are settled with informal review.[1] To request informal review, the taxpayer must complete…
Read MoreAssessment notice. Montana property taxpayers typically receive an assessment notice in June of the first year of the two-year property tax reappraisal cycle. However, the actual tax bill is not sent by the county treasurer until October and the following May. Thus, property owners may delay challenging the property tax assessment until the tax bill…
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Read MoreThe property tax assessment notice for Class 3 and 4 real property, typically residential and commercial property, typically is sent by the Montana Department of Revenue to the property owner in June of the first year of the two-year real property taxation cycle. The taxpayer should carefully examine the assessment notice for the following points.…
Read MoreMontana property taxpayers have begun to receive property tax notices in the mail from the Montana Department of Revenue. The taxpayer should consider the following upon receipt: Read the assessment notice. It will state the new value of the property, the previous value of the property, the taxable value of the property (property value multiplied…
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Read MoreMontana property tax cycles. In Part 1 of this article, we reviewed the property taxation assessment cycles in Montana. Property tax is assessed every two years on most properties. For the 2019-2020 property cycle, the Montana Department of Revenue uses the value of the property as of January 1, 2018. The Montana Department of Revenue…
Read MoreProperty tax assessed in a cycle. Most Montana real property is assessed for property tax purposes in two year cycles,[1] meaning that the property is valued every two years and the property tax is levied on the same value for two consecutive years. Thus, the Montana Department of Revenue is required to assess, a/k/a value…
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