[SPAM] - Re: [Winona] Property Taxes Over Last Four Years: StarTribune Article - Email found in subject

[Glen Schumann]

I owned a home in Tomah, WI before moving to Winona in 1994, and continued
to own it for several more years.  That property eventually sold for less
than 1/2 the amount of the assessed value of the home my wife and I built in
Winona in 1994.  The taxes we paid on the two properties were almost
identical, Tomah was slightly greater as I recall.
 
One of the differences between Wisconsin and Minnesota regarding property
taxes is that Wisconsin has a constitutional requirement to tax all real
property at the same rate which Minnesota does not have (thus Mr. Hacken
talks of tow different rates for farmland alone below.
 

Glen Schumann
Winona, MN

gschuman at hbci.com
Phone: 507.454.3056
FAX: 507.454.3056

www.hbci.com/~gschuman



 


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From: winona-bounces at mnforum.org [mailto:winona-bounces at mnforum.org] On
Behalf Of Stephen Hacken
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2006 8:35 AM
To: Roy Nasstrom; winona at mnforum.org
Subject: RE: [SPAM] - Re: [Winona] Property Taxes Over Last Four Years:
StarTribune Article - Email found in subject


Its not quite that easy to explain. In the City of Winona, the total value
that is exempt is about 30%. Exempt values are calculated every six years
while taxable values are adjusted annually. The amount of exempt property in
the remainder of the county would be less. The universities are a
substantial portion of that exempt value. These parcels pay no property
taxes. 
 
There are thousands of acres, mostly in Whitewater and Elba Townships, that
are owned by the DNR. Those properties do not pay regular property tax but
rather the state reimburses local units of government at the rate of 3/4 of
1 per cent of value. These values are adjusted every five years. Currently,
Winona County, the townships and the school districts share about $16.50 per
acre on these lands. That amount is a little less than non-homestead farm
property and about 25% more than homestead farmland would pay.
 
Steve Hacken

-----Original Message-----
From: Roy Nasstrom [mailto:rrn at hbci.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:50 PM
To: Stephen Hacken; winona at mnforum.org
Subject: [SPAM] - Re: [Winona] Property Taxes Over Last Four Years: Star
Tribune Article - Email found in subject


Interesting information. Overall, approximately what percentage of the total
value of property in Winona County is exempt from property taxes?
 
Roy Nasstrom
 
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From: Stephen Hacken <mailto:SHacken at Co.Winona.MN.US>  
To: Roy Nasstrom <mailto:rrn at hbci.com>  ; winona at mnforum.org 
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:53 PM
Subject: RE: [Winona] Property Taxes Over Last Four Years: Star Tribune
Article

[Winona Online Democracy]





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In Winona the growth in exemptions hasn't so much been in religious
organizations but rather in groups that refer to themselves as non-profit
charities. 
 
Examples would be Volunteer Services, Rock Solid, Winona State University
Foundation, Habitat for Humanity and Home and Community Options. I'm not
passing judgment on whether they are deserving or not but just the fact that
this sector is growing here as well as in other counties.
 
 
 
Steve Hacken
Winona County Assessor

 

 



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