After seven years of
flat tax levies under his predecessor, Latimer also questions the financial health of the county.
Not exact matches
With the cancellation of the health care
levy (which it should be pointed out was graduated and not a
flat amount like the old premium), and the NDP
tax increases kicking in at 130K and not 100K like the Prentice budget, the NDP has made sure the upper middle class (and some of the upper class) are paying less
taxes than under Prentice's budget.
Trustees on Monday also agreed to keep Orland Park's property
tax levy at a
flat $ 13.4 million next year.
A spending plan that overrides the limit on
tax levy increases — set at 0.12 percent this year given
flat inflation — requires a 60 percent majority to be approved.
The
tax could be designed in a number of different ways, but a
flat - rate charge
levied as a proportion of current property values would be the simplest option.
He has proposed seven budgets, all of which either kept the
tax levy flat or lowered it.
Since then Westchester County's property
tax levy has remained
flat.
Both cut county services so the
tax levy would remain
flat.
During that time, the cap has allowed for relatively
flat growth in
levies, with supporters saying it's working to control the nation's highest
taxes.
But there is one statistic that rarely gets mentioned in feel - good budget presentations: While the
tax levy has been relatively
flat over the past few years, property values have declined.
Astorino, who served for eight years as County Executive, kept the property
tax levy flat, but needed to rely on borrowing for operating expenses.
It appears the government may now be looking at a percentage
levy rather than a
flat rate
tax.