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• <br />Tax Aaaeals Available <br />P~op.erty owners can contest their 2003 market value. or classification .of their property ~ ' <br />(on which tleir•2004 taxes are based)~by, filing with the Minnesota~.Tax Court on or <br />before Apri130, 2004. The Tax Court has two divisions -the regular division, whose <br />decisions may be appealed, and the' small claims division, whose decisions are final. If • <br />"the properly is homestead, the appeal can be.made to either division.. Property owners ' <br />were. previously~given.the opportunity to appeal their values- administratively, when ; <br />value notices were mailed in March or at the County Board of Equalization in June. <br />The only other way that 2004 taxes can sti11 be changed is by reducing the. property tax <br />bevy itself.. By attending the TNT hearing, taxpayers can recommend reductions in each <br />taxing authority's 2004 tax levy. If the final levies are reduced from the proposed levies, . <br />property taxes will be reduced accordingly. ~ .. . <br />Pr~merty Tax belief ~. - <br />In 2f~01 the le islature rovided' for enhanced ,roe •tax.relief.~ This will be es ecia <br />9 P P p Ky p ily <br />. important given the expected increases in property taxes for 2004. We will be . <br />em~ph~a~sizirug the .availability of this program more as we get closer to releasing final ~ ~ . <br />2004 tax staterments: ~ ~ ~ ~. <br />' The iegisl~ature provides several different types of propertytax~relief. The homeowners' ' <br />and renters rebates are given to taxpayers whose property taxes are. disproportionate <br />to their income. A targeting refund is also avaiiabie~ for homeowners whose .taxes • <br />increase by mare than 12% from the prior year. No income limits •apply to this refund. ~. <br />Property owners file for the refunds using state form M1-PR that is sent out with state . <br />income tax instructions. The M1-PR form can also be obtained several ways.~They are: <br />• at post offices, Libraries and most banks; <br />• calling the Minnesota Department of Revenue at (651)•296-3781 <br />• on the Internet at: http://www.taxes.state.mn.us; <br />• "dr by writing to: _ ~ ~ ~ . <br />Minnesota Tax Forms <br />. Mail Station• 5510 ~ _ ~ ~ " <br />" St. Paul, MN 55146-5510. <br />• <br />