Permanent Tax Relief Requires Limiting Government Budget Growth
"And as government spends more, taxpayers are left to pick up the tab... Permanent tax relief requires limiting the growth of government budgets."
Eliminate Montana’s $35 Million University Property Tax
"The people’s elected representatives in the legislature, not an automatic property tax, should decide the appropriate level of funding for universities within the bounds of a limited, conservative state budget."
Frontier Institute Calls for Expiration of the 6-Mill University Property Tax Levy
Letting the 6-Mill Levy expire would deliver Montanans ~$35 million in much-needed property tax relief
Protect Montana Taxpayers Now
"It’s time to adopt taxpayer protections that cap government budget growth at inflation and require overcollections to be automatically returned to taxpayers, not kept or spent."
The Latest Levy Report Card
"The bottom line - more relief is certainly needed. Voting to reject levies will temporarily prevent the bill from increasing even further, but for more true and lasting relief, we need to start looking at the root cause of taxation – government spending."
More Property Tax Relief Needed
"Senator Galt's BI-11 would be a step forward for addressing local government property taxes, but more reforms are needed in the long run to dramatically reduce Montanans’ property tax burden"... "ultimately Montana needs fiscally conservative limits on the growth of state, school, and local budgets to address the root cause of taxation."
What BI-11 Would Actually Mean For Your Property Taxes
"The Bottom Line: The latest draft of Senator Galt’s BI-11 would deliver modest but meaningful ongoing property tax relief for every existing property owner, and more substantial long-term relief now that it has mostly closed the voted-levy loophole."
Beware of Sales Tax Proposals That Grow Government
"The only way Montana should ever enact a statewide sales tax is to be used solely to replace existing taxes. No sales tax unless our property or income taxes are eliminated. No using sales tax revenues to grow government. No Swap, No Tax. Period."
The Ethical Case Against Property Taxes
"Currently, property taxation is justified as the primary way we fund essential public services. We should consider whether this justification is enough to outweigh the fundamental right to own property without government intrusion."
End The Property Tax Blame Game
"Local governments must accept responsibility for what they can control: the growth of their annual budget as a means to enable property tax relief."
For Tax Relief, Reject Reckless Spending
"Local government leaders should be laser focused right now on keeping the growth of spending within the bounds of what average taxpayers can reasonably afford, but often instead they are focused on spending every last dime from taxpayers they can get their hands on."
Lower Taxes Start by Reining in Spending
"Placing fiscally conservative spending limits on state and local government spending is one way to protect taxpayers and start to undo the damage done by out-of-control government growth."
$200 Million Reasons for High Property Taxes
"It’s time for local governments to place firm limits on the growth of new spending, keeping budgets within the bounds of economic growth and what taxpayers can reasonably afford."
MTLeg Viewpoint: Breaking the Circuit on High Property Taxes
"we continue to hear stories about Montanans being priced out of housing as property values rise and their tax burden rises with them, sometimes making a family home of many years suddenly unaffordable."
Missoula: Overtaxed
Property taxes have long been a common discussion across Montana, but some residents may have a reason to feel that their property taxes are rising faster.