The State Homeowner’s Property Tax Credit Program allows income-eligible homeowner’s to receive a reduced property tax bill. For more information about this program, click here. Applications are due by October 1st annually. Please apply now. This program can be used in conjunction with the homestead tax credit program.
County Council Member Davis is proposing to add a question to the November ballot to change the County Charter and amend the homestead tax credit cap that was passed in the early 1990s. Charter changes require legislation. A formal public hearing would be held on July 21st. At that time, the County Council can decide […]
In case you haven’t applied for the Homestead tax credit application, please do so before the May 1st deadline. This is required if you want to start getting the credit beginning the 2019-2020 tax year. You’ll only need to apply once. Guide on how to fill in tax forms here. The Homestead Tax Credit law […]
At last Tuesday night’s meeting, the College Park City Council decided to lower the homestead tax credit rate to 0%. With this change, College Park will not charge extra tax from its property owners when their property values will go up next year. I was very happy to support giving more tax breaks to our […]
Last weekend, I met a resident, who told me that his tax bill did not go down a lot despite the fact that his property value went down after County’s last assessment. This led me to investigate the issue and get me in touch with folks who have been following this closely. If you are […]
Dr. Fazlul Kabir is a six-term City Council Member of the City of College Park District 1.