Talk Gwinnett! – Property Tax Relief for Whom?
Dalton City Council member Charlie Bethel considers some of the problems with a tax assessment “freeze” in this article for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.
Columbus, GA has had an assessment freeze in place longer than just about any Georgia community. Apparently, the middle-Georgia city has become the poster child for unfairness in property taxation:
Consider Columbus property owners, who have had an assessment "freeze" on homestead property for more than 25 years. More than 16,000 property owners pay less than $50 in local government property taxes, while newer residents in similar properties may pay upwards of $2,000. That means families who were not fortunate enough to acquire a home in the early 1980s are now subsidizing the property tax payments of those that did.
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