Board grants tax-exempt status for two parcels donated to Decatur Township school district for 2023–24
Attorney Aaron Schmoller told the board donation transfers and life-estate recordings left two parcels taxable despite the district's statutory exemption; the board approved exemptions for the 2023 and 2024 assessment years and noted the parcels will be tax-exempt going forward.
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Attorney Aaron Schmoller and counsel for the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township explained that two parcels donated to the district in 2020 remained taxable because of a recorded life estate and errors in the transfer paperwork; the parcels were subsequently changed to tax-exempt status going forward. "We did file a form 130 on both parcels for the 2 years," counsel said, and asked the board to grant exemptions for 2023 and 2024.
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