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Mayor plans to introduce tax program for city apartments
As part of her push to increase Baltimore's population, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake plans to introduce legislation to the City Council next week that will provide generous tax breaks to builders of apartment buildings downtown and in six other...Tags: Taxation, Carl Stokes, Tax Credits, Credit and Debt, Bill Henry
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Big improvements for Md.'s budget
Amid the boasting typical of a governor's budget proposal, Gov. Martin O'Malley's new spending plan includes this peculiar claim to fame: The O'Malley administration has managed to effectively eliminate Maryland's structural budget deficit not just once...
Tags: Finance, Government Debt, Realty, Budgets and Budgeting, Government
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Laurel City Council to rework tax exemption for Laurel Mall developers
The City Council is considering a revision of the property tax break given to the developers of Laurel Mall that could result in $15.5 million in public infrastructure improvements to the area around the development. According to Mayor Craig Moe, the...Tags: Prince George's County, Finance, Taxation, Debt Market, Credit and Debt
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A year of challenges for city residents
A year ago, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake gave an inaugural address that was both lofty in vision and grounded in reality — the poetry of growing Baltimore by 10,000 residents in the next decade tempered by the prose of how to get there. "We...
Tags: Finance, Tax Credits, Public Officials, Johns Hopkins University, Local Government
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Surf, turf and taxes
Visitors to Ocean City are often struck by the contrasting fortunes of the vacant Ocean Plaza Mall on 94th Street and the bustle of development along U.S. 50 in West Ocean City, with its new Walmart and other big-box stores. There are a number of...
Tags: Walmart, Maryland General Assembly, Annapolis, Personal Income, Worcester County
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Photo traffic enforcement — another big tax killing the city
One would think that after decades of population flight from Baltimore and the city struggling with a property tax rate over double that of the next highest municipality, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake would be highly sensitive regarding the levy of new...Tags: Fines, Punishment, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Bel Air town employees to get raises under new budget; light funded for Gateway and Boulton
Bel Air's town employees will get a 3 percent raise in July and residents of English Country Manor should soon get their long sought traffic light at Gateway Drive and Boulton Street under the 2013 town budget that received final approval from the Board...
Tags: Best Buy Co., Inc., Finance, Robert Preston, Budgets and Budgeting, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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Letter: Oppose tax deal for James Run development in Harford
The TIF bandwagon (certain officials of Harford County government and the Greater Harford Committee) promote the James Run TIF with the mantra that it "spurs economic growth" - sure, especially the economic growth of the developer! But is economic growth...Tags: Personal Income, Civil and Public Service, Productivity, Government
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Harrah's casino to pay city at least $11 million in first year
The developers of Baltimore's casino will pay the city at least $11 million in their first year of operation — significantly less than terms proposed in 2009, but enough to help fund a small property tax cut for city homeowners, officials said. The...
Tags: Baltimore Development Corporation, Prince George's County, Taxation, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Sheila Dixon
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Homestead credit penalty goes into effect this week
Beginning this week, Maryland's Department of Assessments and Taxation can begin penalizing homeowners who received a homestead credit this year as a result of deception. Penalties will be issued on an ad hoc basis as the department learns of violators,...Tags: Taxation, Tax Credits, Justice System, Patterson Park, Fines
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Homeowners' tax credit deadline extended
The Baltimore SunThe deadline to apply for a property tax credit that, on average, cuts more than $1,000 off a homeowner's tax bill, has been extended until the end of October. Maryland residents can apply for the Homeowners’ Property Tax Credit through October 31,...Tags: Taxation, Credit and Debt, Tax Credits, Homes
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Tax increment financing, or TIF, is bad public policy amounting to welfare for the wealthy
The Harford County Council is once again poised to act as a financing agent for a developer as part of the welfare for the wealthy flim-flam known as tax increment financing. The onerous process is more commonly referred to by the alkaline acronym TIF....Tags: Finance, Local Government, Money and Monetary Policy
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