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Resident raises concerns about homestead-exemption chargebacks; county explains state Department of Revenue role
Summary
A resident urged Rankin County to change how homestead-exemption chargebacks are communicated after a Department of Revenue action; county staff explained chargebacks stem from state income tax delinquencies and outlined the appeals process.
At the June 2 Rankin County Board of Supervisors meeting, resident Linda McCoy urged county officials to improve how the county and the state communicate homestead-exemption chargebacks after she said residents received late, confusing notices that put homeowners at risk.
McCoy, of Sharon Lane in Brandon, described a sequence where homeowners receive a tax statement in October and then several months later receive a notice that their homestead exemption was disallowed and an additional “chargeback” had been placed on the property. “You put in a lot of people in jeopardy because you your records, you know, you tell us 1 thing, and then later on,…
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