Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Tax Collection Adjustments topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Rankin County board approves several tax adjustments and hears jump in homestead filings
Summary
Supervisors approved multiple tax actions including mobile home measurement adjustments, voided tax sales with refunds, corrected tax statements, and homestead exemption refund authorizations. Tax officials reported nearly 2,000 homestead exemption applications in January, a notable increase from prior years.
At its Feb. 3 meeting, the Rankin County Board of Supervisors approved a series of tax-collector and assessor requests to correct bills, void tax sales and issue refunds.
Tax collector Caroline Gilbert requested authority to adjust the recorded length of a mobile home associated with account 25904 from 72 to 68 feet, void prior tax bills for 2023–2025 and reissue statements with refunds as necessary. The board approved the adjustment and refund authority; the exact dollar difference for the mobile-home adjustment was not specified at the meeting.
The board also approved authority to void a homestead chargeback (pin 27956) that had been dismissed by the Mississippi Department of Revenue; to void and refund certain tax sales (pins 78189 and 84398) and to generate corrected tax statements for 2023 and 2024; and to issue two refunds related to homestead exemption eligibility for 2023–24 (pens 1843423704 and 2498). Each request was moved, seconded and approved by the board.
Tax assessor Stacy (last name not specified in the transcript) presented petitions for change of assessment for 2024 real property and requested authority to void a 2023 tax sale for pin 32751 for property titled in the Rankin County School Board’s name (a billboard location that should be exempt). The board approved those assessor items.
Gilbert reported that the collector’s office had received "just under 2,000" homestead exemption applications for January, a sharp increase compared with the prior year's total for the same filing period. Staff attributed the rise to billing triggers and some market movement; the board noted the trend and asked staff to continue processing exemptions and refunds.
All tax-related motions on the agenda were approved by majority vote; the board did not adopt any new tax rates or policy changes at the meeting.
