A Superior Court judge says Manchester
must release property tax documents even though the town says the records can
be used to figure out taxpayers’ incomes.
Vermont school districts which fell short of state budget goals earned a temporary reprieve this week. But officials warn they’ll still have to trim expenses in future budgets.
The
Senate has given strong approval to a bill that reduces the number of
homeowners who pay their education tax based on income. They
would pay the tax according to the value of their property and
that
would add $10 million to the state’s Education Fund.
A majority of Vermonters pay their education taxes based on their income and not on the value of their property. We take a close look at this policy, called Income Sensitivity.