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Officials warn state tax changes will shrink assessed value and strain district operations through 2031
Summary
Finance staff told the school board that new state deductions and credits will reduce net assessed value, increase tax rates unless levies change, and make borrowing and operations funding more difficult; Policy Analytics will supply further studies.
District finance staff and consultants briefed the school board on projected effects of recent state tax changes, saying deductions and new credits will reduce the district’s net assessed value (NAV), cut revenue available to operations, and complicate borrowing and capital projects over the next several years.
“Once we start applying that to the parcel level, this is what Policy Analytics predicts is going to happen to the the net assessed value of our school corporation,” the presenter said, summarizing a Policy Analytics review. The presentation showed the district’s gross assessed value growing while NAV falls as homeowner deductions and credits phase in through 2031.
Why it matters: staff told trustees the changes will lower the district’s property-taxable base, push some homeowners into greater circuit-breaker credits and reduce collectible levy revenue — particularly in the operations fund — making routine maintenance, HVAC, roofs and parking-lot projects harder to fund and raising the cost or complexity of borrowing.
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