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Auditor flags widespread ineligible homestead deductions; office seeks dedicated staff to recover lost revenue
Summary
Lake County auditors reported ongoing work to identify ineligible homestead deductions, described difficulty tracking multiple properties and asked to reassign a skilled employee to the task with supplemental pay; commissioners requested more data and said action would be deferred for further review.
Lake County’s auditor told commissioners the office has uncovered a recurring problem with ineligible homestead deductions and is proposing to reassign an experienced staff member to the task, funded in part through a supplemental pay arrangement.
The auditor’s office said some taxpayers appear to have multiple claimed homesteads or have not timely removed homestead status after moving or when an owner dies. Officials described efforts to identify…
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