County assessors, in Boise for an Idaho Association of Counties meeting, were stunned to hear the House tax committee vote to remove the annual indexing of the homeowner’s exemption from property taxes. “It’s like Groundhog Day – déjà vu all over again,” said Kootenai County Assessor Mike McDowell. “If they fix it again at $100,000,” as a bill sponsored by Rep. Janet Trujillo, R-Idaho Falls, would do, “we’re putting ourselves back into the position we were in in 1982.” McDowell, who’s been Kootenai County’s assessor since 2003 and has worked for the office since 1983, said, “It’s ridiculous.” “It will ultimately be a tax shift to the homeowners, as the value erodes,” said Bob McQuade, Ada County assessor and president of the Idaho Association of Counties/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

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