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Tax assessments: Related articles and government links – City Council settles on tax rate of $1 The Manassas City Council settled on a real estate tax rate of $1 per $100 of assessed value Wednesday night, and did away with a plan to increase the personal property tax on aircraft. – Manassas Park City Council to lower tax rate The Manassas Park City Council voted unanimously to bring down the city’s real estate tax rate. The vote brings the rate down to $1.29 per $100 of assessed value, a 4-cent reduction from last year. – Manassas Park pays for bookkeeping boondoggle Partially because of rampant errors in the city’s financial records, Manassas Park homeowners may have to wait a little longer for substantial tax relief. – County chairman calls for tax rate reduction Prince William Board of County Supervisors Chairman Sean T. Connaughton, R at-large, wants to trim slightly more than a penny off the proposed real estate tax rate and freeze phone fees for 911 service. – Manassas Park’s finances deplorable The discovery of errors in Manassas Park’s financial records is limiting the City Council’s ability to lower the tax rate, city officials said during a council meeting Tuesday. – OPINION: Taxes in Manassas One thing could be said about the City of Manassas’ proposed real estate tax rate – it could have been worse. – State candidates voice real estate tax help House assessments and real estate taxes worry many area residents and local government officials. – County gets few complaints over assessments In a year of record hikes in residential real estate assessments in Prince William County, finance officials say relatively few homeowners have complained to them. – Manassas tries highest real estate tax rate During a marathon work session Thursday night, the Manassas City Council decided to advertise a real estate tax rate of $1.02 per $100 of assessed value for fiscal 2006. – County assessors get it mostly right The past few years have been a period of super-puberty for real estate values in Northern Virginia. – Owners question assessment process The past few years have been a period of super-puberty for real estate values in Northern Virginia. – Lower tax rate coming to Manassas Park current fiscal years. – Rising assessments catch some unprepared outrage and panic. – Manassas Park voters demand lower tax rate More than 125 Manassas Park residents have signed a petition asking City Council for a real estate tax rate reduction. – Parrish: increased tax relief for elderly a lower real estate tax rate for all Manassas residents. – Connaughton: Can’t lower tax rate without cuts go without hurting vital services, according to the chairman of the board of county supervisors. – Proposed tax program to make payments easier on seniors of County Supervisors has a plan to soften the real estate tax blow for seniors. – Budget proposal includes real estate tax rate cut Prince William County’s proposed fiscal year 2006 budget includes a 14 percent cut in the real estate tax rate, but most homeowners will still pay higher taxes since the value of homes rose by an average of 23 percent over the past year. – Tax plan doesn’t help seniors or any other taxpayers taxes have shot through the roof, so they “limited” this year’s tax increase to 5.9 percent. – Real estate tax could be hot issue in 2005 in real estate value during 2004.
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