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Rhode Island Gets Honorable Taxation

Property Tax
Are you paying more than your fair share?

Because Rhode Island has among the highest property taxes in the nation it is easy to assume that your tax bills are so high because of our high tax levies. You'd be somewhat right but mostly wrong.

The most important reason the majority pay more than they should is because, in fact, thousands pay less than they should!

The reason is revaluations based on market values. Revaluations are necessary to insure that a new owner who buys a $500,000 home pays fair taxes on a $500,000 home. Without revaluation she would pay on the prior owner's assessment which is unfair to the rest.

But for existing owners those reassessments result in the two kinds of taxpayers mentioned above: those who pay too much and those who pay too little.

For example, after N. Kingstown's last revaluation, 7 out of 10 property owners got an average 13% tax increase to pay for a 5.2% increase in the tax levy. Three out of ten saw their taxes FALL 7% - most pay too much, lots pay too little.

The solution is to use "Taxable Values", the prior year's value changed by the same amount as the change in the tax levy.

In the case of a new owner who has no 'prior value', the Taxable Value is the Market Value.

In this way taxes are

always consistent with spending,
new owners always pay a fair tax on their purchase
and limits on the tax levy limit the growth in individual tax bills as well.

That's reform! Our goal is to:

1. Assure fair and rational payments for all property owners.	More →
2. Assure an affordable level of local spending.	More →
3. Assure fair treatment for tax exempt property.	More →
4. Assure that tax levy limits don't become tax targets.	More →

We, the undersigned, respectfully request that the proposals offered by R.I.G.H.T. be used as a model to stimulate legislative discussion, debate and ultimately to restore fairness in property tax procedures.

Kimberly Aguiar
Carmen Baker
Jim Baker
Korinne Barnes
Diane Barzaghi
Robert A. Benson, Jr
Richard Bee
Judith Bitting
Alice Blair
William F Bonneau
Allan Brockman
Kathleen S. Brown
Andrie Butler
David Butler
Kathy Carniaux
Bob Carniaux
Steve Cevoli
Kathy Cevoli
Lance W. Chappell
Howard Cohen
William Connelly
Heath Cooper
David Darlington
Debra Davis
Hilarie Davis
Laura Davis
Joseph T. DeAlteris
Sandra A. DeAlteris
L&F DeBoer
Bradley Dracott
Arlene Fall
Victor P. Fasolino
Elizabeth Finneran
Tom Fitzgerald
Eugene Fry
David Gagnier
Darlene Godin
Donna Tocco-Greenaway
William J. Greenaway
Michael Griffin
Vida-Wynne Griffin
Scott J. Grzych
G.M. Hadley
Nancy Harrington
Dale Harrington
Katherine Harrop
Robert Hutchison
Ann Jones
Joanne Lamora
Bruce Larson
Carol Larson
George W. Lavoie
Michele Leavitt
John Leventhal
Rep. John Loughlin II
Mark Lucas
Kiersten Marek
Linc Materna
Nicolette Mathews
John Maxwell
Gerald Maxwell
Mary Maxwell
Stephen McKendall
Kelly McGovern
Shawn McGowan
Anthony Micheletti
Virginia Micheletti
Dee Michelson
Sanford Miller
Barbara Montecalvo
Thomas Mowry
Bill Mudge
Pam Neal
Carl Neal
Edwin Nicholson
Gregg O'Neill
Charles Ostiguy
Yvonne Parker
Anne Pascucci
John Pascucci
Raymond Rivet
Raymond Schleicher
Ronda Schuster
Suren Semonian
Edward Servello
Tom Sgouros
Erin Sharaf
Barry Sharaf
Bill Sharp
Tamara Sharp
Shirley Sheehan
John Sivo Jr.
Marjorie A.Sivo
Anthony M.Sivo
Derek A.Sivo
Mike Smith
Paul Smith
Amy N. Sonder
Hilda M. Souza
Richard A. Souza
Eileen Spillane
Wendy C. Sturn
David Sullivan
John Sweeney
Lisa Tener
Nicholas Tiernan
Gary W. Trott
Ellen Waxman
Judy Waxman
Harvey Waxman
Holly R. Wiesendanger
Bernhard Weiss
Charles Weiss
Maria Weiss
Robert Wilson
Michael Wood

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R.I.G.H.T

INSANITY: using the same solutions to a problem and expecting different results.

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