Politics & Government
Caledonia To Start Auditing Properties Claiming Tax Exemption
Tax exempt properties will have to fill out a longer state form this year and it's been at least eight years since they've done it.
Tax-exempt property owners will have to fill out a four-page application to receive their tax-exempt status next year.
In past years, tax-exempt property owners filled out a one-page form.
The plans to use the longer form exemption request to audit tax-exempt properties, which they were supposed to do every two years. However, they haven't sent out the longer forms since at least 2003, said Kevin Wanggaard, a Village Board member and member of the Legislative and Licensing Committee.
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Elaine Ekes, the Village attorney, told the Legislative License Committee that the assessor will send out an application to all non-profits claiming exempt to update their records in January, which will need to be turned in by March 1. A number of other communities have done audits to make sure their exemption is justified.
If entities claiming a property tax exemption request don't fill out the form, they could be denied the exemption.
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