Articles Tagged: Property taxes

Steen, a former state agency head, laid out top policy positions Monday during a meeting of the Warren County Republicans

The City of Coralville will use multiple funding streams to pay for construction of a new recreation center. That includes a loan, repaid with property taxes, as well as local-option sales tax revenue, if voters OK the tax in November.

Gov. Reynolds said she plans to have discussions with Iowa lawmakers and her DOGE government efficiency task force about how best to reduce property taxes. The push comes after this year’s session ended without a bill to address property taxes.

The city of North Liberty is looking to move forward from a mistake that missed the deadline to publish notice of a public hearing and ultimately prevented the city from certifying its Fiscal Year 2026 budget and approving next year’s tax levy.

At least one key lawmaker believes a property tax reform bill still has a chance to pass into law before Iowa legislators complete their work for the year, which could happen soon.

Friday is the 110th calendar day of the 2025 session of the Iowa Legislature. It is the last day that state lawmakers will receive their stipend for daily housing and meal expenses. While their work is nearing completion, here are some of the important tasks that remain.

Linn County Supervisors this week unanimously approved the budget for fiscal year 2026, which spans July 1 through June 30, 2026. The levy rate will decrease, but residential and agricultural property owners can still expect to see an increase in their Linn County tax bill.

The outstanding questions and the complexity involved of trying to change Iowa’s convoluted property tax system — with just weeks left in the session — has prompted many to question what, if anything, lawmakers will do on the topic this year.

Revised plan includes doubling the proposed homestead property tax exemption to $50,000 from $25,000.

Republican leaders in the Iowa House and Senate said they are carefully monitoring the impact of sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports announced this week by President Donald Trump as they draft the state's budget.

Iowa local governments and business groups say they generally support getting rid of the state’s complicated property tax rollback system, but continue to explore the fiscal toll they would face from statehouse Republican’s proposed “reboot” and overhaul the state’s property tax system.

Dozens of stakeholders representing Iowa businesses, pork producers, builders and local taxing entities — from cites, counties and schools to hospitals and regional transit services — said they remain “undecided” on the 52-page proposal as they continue to study and analyze potential impacts from the myriad changes proposed.

Property owners across Johnson County have received letters detailing expected property tax rates as required by state law, but county and city officials are warning that the letters are not reflective of what taxpayers can expect to pay.

The legislation would phase out the rollback and cap the revenue that local governments are allowed to collect.

Past property tax legislation may lead to future financial pressures, North Liberty City Manager Ryan Heiar says.