City Council to weigh tax hike in budget season wrap-up
The coalition calling for city and county tax rates to stay as they are without considering increases in property values came out Monday, June 14, 2021, at I Am A Man Plaza. The demonstrators favor a 29-cent Memphis property tax rate hike proposed by city council member Martavius Jones. (Bill Dries/Daily Memphian)
Before the council gets to final votes on operating and capital budgets, it will take up a call to raise property taxes by 29 cents to an even $3. The current city tax rate of $3.19 was lowered to $2.71 by the state to take into account the increase in property values with this year’s countywide property reappraisal.
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