Welcome to the Montana Taxpayers Association

Check our calendar for upcoming events and committee meetings.

Be watching for regular updates to our web site on the upcoming interim. Consider www.montax.org as your one stop website for issues that are important to you.

NEW ITEMS

Agency Executive Planning Process (EPP) forms for the Governor's 2013 biennium budget are available by following this link.

Update on Litigation - Lucas v Department of Revenue

Click here to use our calculator to help determine your protest tax amount under the class action lawsuit.

January 2010 Newsletter -  explanation on the agriculatural land reappraisal.  If you are a member and did not receive a copy or if you are currently not a member, sign up for a copy on the left hand menu.

Information on the 2009 Reappraisal

NEW information if you missed your opportunity for a review of your 2009 property taxes.
Taxpayers who missed the 30 day deadline to file a review form (AB26) with the department in 2009 may file one for 2010. The department will not change your valuation for 2009, but you may receive changes for 2010 and the rest of reappraisal.   In most cases, you will not receive a new assessment notice in 2010, if you had no changes in your property since last year.  Just remember the deadline to request a review is June 30th.  If you do not receive an adjustment after requesting a review, you can appeal to the County Tax Appeal Board within 30 days after receiving the notice from the department.

Litigation
We have added Qwest's opening brief to the First Judicial Court.  The brief provides an excellent overview of the problems the department encounters when trying to remove the intangible value of property from the income and stock and debt approach.  The companies have been able to provide additional information to the department on identifying intangible values in the cost approach.  By law, intangible values are exempt for property valuation purposes for all properties.

2009 Legislative Information and Interim
Committee appointments for Interim Committees
Follow the Interim Committees

Scroll to the bottom of the page to read the commentaries from businesses each month.

Montana Tax Comparisons: Updated April 2010
Montana Taxes 1995 - 2007 A factual analysis of "tax shifting" Dr. Doug Young, Montana State University

What you need to know about Montana source income and your tax filing responsibilities

Commentaries from Montana's Businesses

It is important to understand the various concerns businesses in Montana face every day. These are the industries that make Montana's economy happen.

Read their commentaries by clicking here. They also are aired every fourth Thursday between 5:30 and 6:00 p.m. on Missoula's NPR http://www.mtpr.org/.