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Property Tax Bill

Monday, December 10, 2012

Reminder: Tax Bill in Holiday Mail Mix

It's property tax bill season. Homeowners should have received their bills already in the mail.

The year is wrapping up and that means property tax bills are in the mail. In Shorewood, property owners can view and pay their tax bill online on the village's website. Property owners should have received bills in the mail already.  Tax bill payments can be made: For online payments, there's a charge of 2.39 percent of the amount to be paid, with a minimum of $1.50 for credit card charges. For electronic checks, a fee of $1.50 will be charged up to $5,000 or a $5 fee for any amount over $5,000. If payment is made by mail or left in the drop box, a receipt will be mailed to the taxpayer. Refunds for overpayment will be processed within 20 days. Payments may be made without the tax bill if a tax key number or address of the property is …

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Officials Table Budget Approval; Await Governor's Signature on Bill Addressing Assessment Error

While officials have likely found their solution to masking the effects of an assessment error from property taxpayers, they still have to wait on other factors before approving their budget.

Village Manager Chris Swartz said on Monday that Shorewood would need to delay approving its budget until other taxing bodies shape their levies — giving the village a definitive picture of how an assessment error affects its levy. Even with pending legislation that would exclude Shorewood from the levy limit law, officials are forced to take another step in navigating their budget with the valuation mistake. Senate Bill 224, authored by Sen. Alberta Darling (R-River Hills) and Rep. Samantha Kerkman (R-Powers Lake), is on Gov. Scott Walker’s desk awaiting a signature after passing the Senate and Assembly unanimously. “We have a pretty good sense he will sign the bill,” Swartz said. The error made by Shorewood’s assessor, Mark Brown of …

Bob McBride

12:00 pm on Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Ah, once again the delicious irony that is the Village with the greatest amount of intellectual firepower per square mile in the state (according to a certain resident of that area) having to rely on a guy most of them detest and chide on a regular basis for not having completed college to provide them with an out on an enormous self-inflicted boo-boo.   more ›

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