Taxes - Montgomery

Montgomery eyes real estate ‘tax holiday’

211 days ago - People buying a home in Montgomery County may get an unexpected break as one Montgomery leader says he is investigating the possibility of a “tax holiday” to stimulate sales in the area’s bloated housing market.

Leggett says property tax cuts only help businesses, wealthy

238 days ago - The fate of a proposed Montgomery County property tax cut will be decided at a County Council meeting today, as members are feeling the heat from County Executive Ike Leggett for a proposal he says will only benefit businesses and owners of high-end homes.

Most council members favor cut to property tax

239 days ago - A growing number of Montgomery Council members favor reducing the property tax rate, a move that would completely reverse the central component of County Executive Ike Leggett’s budget plan, Council President Mike Knapp said Monday

Council may kill Montgomery property tax hike

267 days ago - Montgomery County Council members may kill County Executive Ike Leggett’s proposal to raise the property tax rate 8.3 percent, but council members are reserving the right to change their minds.

Montgomery balks at tax increase for millionaires

281 days ago - Increasing taxes on the very rich is no more popular in Montgomery County than the much-maligned plan to tax the computer services industry, local leaders said Monday.

Anti-tax signs disappear before increase proposed

293 days ago - Some 200 anti-property tax signs disappeared over the course of several weeks from lawns lining a high-traffic stretch of Georgia Avenue just before a 8.3 percent increase to Montgomery County’s property tax rates was proposed.