«The real
effect of the property tax cap is it's bringing us back to the pack, if you will, of the national norm,» Pokalsky said.
Not exact matches
One point
of contention is a $ 500,000 bond issue passed this fall by the park board just before a state - imposed
cap on
property -
tax increases took
effect Oct. 1.
A study by the New York State School Boards Association finds three quarters
of the state's school districts would have exceeded the new 2 %
property tax cap, had it been in
effect for the current school year budget.
And this all comes as a coalition
of groups calls for a reduction in state mandated spending in light
of a 2 percent
cap on local
property taxes now in
effect.
Districts are restricted in the amount
of local revenue they can raise to fund school programs by state
property tax caps, which took
effect in 2012.
Provisions in the bill that limit the deductibility
of interest on new mortgage loans to $ 500,000,
cap property tax deductibility at $ 10,000 for those who can still itemize, eliminate the deduction altogether for second homes, and restrict the utility
of the exclusion
of gain on the sale
of a home would exacerbate the
effect.