Marion County assessor: Notices tax credits missing from notices, will be reissued

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Marion County Assessor Tonya Eppes is telling property owners to ignore an assessment notice recently mailed out by her office. Eppes says the notices, which were mailed out Friday, did not include several common tax credits enjoyed by property owners.

Arkansas law requires county assessors to re-evaluate property values every five years and mail out notices to any owners whose valuations have changed. Eppes says Marion County mailed out 10,000 such statements Friday.

Eppes, who spoke to KTLO News Monday morning, talks about what credits were inadvertently left off of the notices.


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The Arkansas Homestead Credit provides a $375 credit to homeowners. A property owner at least 65 years old is eligible to have their property tax valuations frozen in place, paying the same amount each year and ignoring any increases in a property’s estimated value. Arkansas residents that are 100% disabled are also eligible to have their property values frozen in place like those 65 and older.

Eppes says revised statements including the Homestead Credit and property tax freezes will be mailed out Monday afternoon, and taxpayers should see the updated notices arrive in their mailboxes Wednesday or Thursday.

Eppes says what property owners should do with the first notices.


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County Judge John Massey has ordered that county offices to be closed to walk-in visitors through the rest of the month due to the spike in area COVID-19 cases. Property owners may double check their credits and freezes by calling the Marion County Assessor’s Office at (870) 449-4113, but Eppes cautions that the office has two phone lines and the caller will likely get a busy signal due to the increase in phone traffic.

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