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Yeager outlines fixes for underused tax credits and updates on property-tax installment RFP
Summary
SDAT Director Bob Yeager told the Ways and Means Committee that the agency will expand outreach to reach eligible homeowners for tax credits, streamline applications to reduce rejections, and expects to review vendor bids for a new property-tax installment plan in February after a second RFP round.
Bob Yeager, director of the State Department of Assessments and Taxation, told the Ways and Means Committee that SDAT is working to make homeowners’ tax-credit programs easier to access and to stand up a new property-tax installment option required by recent legislation.
On underused credits, Yeager said the agency is increasing community outreach and partnering with local nonprofits and lawmakers to reach eligible residents. To reduce rejections, SDAT plans application changes such as adding an authorization that lets staff screen applicants for homestead status via motor-vehicle records — a step…
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