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County treasurer seeks board approval to remove uncollectible personal-property taxes, reports $844,000 in refunds
Summary
Cowlitz County Treasurer Deborah Gardner presented two consent items for the board: clearing uncollectible personal-property taxes from the roll under RCW process and reporting refunds issued during the year. The treasurer said about $86,500 in personal-property taxes would be written off as uncollectible and refunds totaled about $844,000.
County Treasurer Deborah Gardner told commissioners the annual process to identify uncollectible personal-property taxes and to present them to the board for removal from the roll is required by state law. Gardner and the treasurer’s chief deputy explained the procedure: when the assessor deletes a personal-property account (for example, when a business closes or a manufactured home is removed), the taxes can be classified as uncollectible and…
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