Milwaukee School Property Tax Error

Larry Sandler & Sarah Carr:

Milwaukee taxpayers accidentally got a $9.1 million tax break - and city and Milwaukee Public Schools officials now have a $9.1 million headache.

Because of a paperwork snafu between MPS and City Hall, the property tax bills mailed this month inadvertently left out a tax increase that the School Board approved in October.

Now fingers are being pointed, the schools are demanding that the city come up with the money, and city officials are huddling in high-level, closed-door meetings to figure out what went wrong and how it can be fixed.

City officials aren't saying what options are under study or whether they might include a special tax assessment or borrowing money to be paid back in future years.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at December 20, 2006 6:12 AM
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