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Show .Exj Ian Uoiiiotieii TJofes Eeiing; tMtgp le StE0BQ fJon Vou louiefe Stop and think before you complain says the Davis County Commission. Residents will get their new tax evaluation notices this weekend. COUNTY COMMISSIONER Stanley Smoot warned mavors meeting at the Correlation of Governments meeting meet-ing that they would likely receive compalints at City Halls from persons confused about who they should call. There will be some major changes in taxation. For in-cJnre in-cJnre there is property that has carried a valuation of adjacem to land that has sold for $10,000 per acre. This will be changed with the new valuation. "MOST OF the agriculture people have filed to be included in the Greenbelt Law which will allow a reasonable agricultural tax if they farm for the next six vears " said Commissioner Smoot. If they farm for six years and then sell, the proviso says they will pay back taxes for five years. THE COMMISSION has offered to help cities compute their new mill levy. Commissioner Smoot explained that if their evaluation has been $5 million in the past and is increased in the new evaluation by $5 million, plus another $1 million in new growth, they will have to reduce the mill levy on the two $5 million figures so it will not exceed 6 percent more than collected last year, then they can add the $1 million in new growth, which isn't effected by that law. Nineteen other counties in Utah have gone through the reassessment process and have been hit hard by critics who didn't understand their increased tax bill. SOME PROPERTY will be increased in valuation by several hundred percent, though this will be the extreme. The State Legislature funded the law in 1969. It had been on the books since 1953. The purpose of the law was to bring equality in assessed valuation. The State Legisla- ture sent State Tax Appraisers to every parcel of land in the state. PROPERTY IN Davis County has been assessed at 20 percent of its fair market value. If your property has been under-assessed, you will pay more-which will be your fair share, according to the Commission. Others will pay less-which will be their fair share. The revaluation is to bring fairness and quality in taxation. taxa-tion. TAXPAYERS have a recourse if they think their property has been valued too high. They can complain at a Board of Eaualization on June 2, 4, 6, 10 and 12 between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. "Before you compalin, test the fair valuation of your property by multiplying it by five times your assessed valuation. If you would not be willing to sell your property for that price, it is fair," says Commissioner Glen Flint. |