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Resident urges county to adopt Tennessee tax-freeze amendment for seniors; staff outlines existing tax relief and operational impacts
Summary
A resident urged commissioners to adopt Article 2, Section 28 (a seniors' tax freeze). County staff explained the differences between the county's tax-relief program and a tax freeze, eligibility thresholds, administrative implications and the need for the commission to vote to adopt a freeze.
A resident, Terry Lowe, urged Cheatham County commissioners at the March 10 workshop to adopt Article 2, Section 28 of the Tennessee constitution, a state amendment that would create a property-tax freeze for residents age 65 and older. Lowe said the county’s 1973 tax-relief program covers very few seniors and cited household examples of fixed incomes and rising property-appraisal values.
Lowe told commissioners, “The current tax relief program was adopted in 1973 for seniors...to qualify under this program, you have to live on property that [is] less than $31,800. My wife, granddaughter, and I live in a 1968 mobile home ... our property is appraised at…
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