Podcast: Legislative debate on LB1106
Podcast: Legislative debate on LB1106
Typical Douglas County property valuation hike nears 13%
Typical Douglas County property valuation hike nears 13%
If you are concerned about property taxes in Douglas County, the latest news isn’t the best. First, we learned that the Douglas County Assessor increased the valuations of existing residential properties by 7%. But the overall increase understates the impact on property owners. According to an Omaha World-Herald analysis of property valuations, a nearly 13%...
Central Nebraskans enthusiastic about consumption tax, but mixed on ballot initiative
Central Nebraskans enthusiastic about consumption tax, but mixed on ballot initiative
Participants in the recent Central Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall voted in five online polls about a variety of property tax-related questions. As with all of the Virtual Town Halls the Platte Institute is hosting this summer, the polls from these events are only the opinions of participants who made an effort to attend...
Podcast: Central Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
Podcast: Central Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
This video may also be viewed and shared on Facebook and YouTube. Click here to read the online poll results from this town hall.
Louisville voters reject a property tax increase amid the pandemic
Louisville voters reject a property tax increase amid the pandemic
As Nebraska legislators head back to Lincoln and into the last 17 days of their suspended regular session, they should keep in the back of their minds what happened in a Louisville special bond election on July 14. Louisville voters rejected a bond issue that would have allowed the district to build a new elementary...
Nebraska is in a relatively good revenue position compared with other states
Nebraska is in a relatively good revenue position compared with other states
Today is the new tax filing deadline in Nebraska. Today is also when the Department of Revenue released the state’s tax revenue figures for the month of June and for the last fiscal year (FY2019-2020). It is important to note that Nebraska’s phase 3 of directed health measures went into effect on June 22. So,...
62% say voters should decide property tax issue
62% say voters should decide property tax issue
Voters and taxpayers from Western Nebraska shared their perspectives in the Platte Institute’s first Virtual Property Tax Town Hall. Similar programs are scheduled for other regions of the state through July and August. Throughout the town hall, participants were invited to vote in live online polls for five property tax-related questions. Of course, these are...
Podcast: Western Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
Podcast: Western Nebraska Virtual Property Tax Town Hall
This video may also be viewed and shared on Facebook and YouTube. Click here to read the online poll results from this town hall.
Vokal previews return to legislative session on KGFW’s Talk of the Town
Vokal previews return to legislative session on KGFW’s Talk of the Town
Linehan discusses property tax reform on Platte Institute webinar
Linehan discusses property tax reform on Platte Institute webinar
Nebraska Legislature Revenue Committee Chair Sen. Lou Ann Linehan joined Platte Institute CEO Jim Vokal on unresolved tax policy issues facing the Unicameral in its scheduled return later this month. On a webinar last week, Speaker Jim Scheer emphasized that property tax reform would be a key focus area before the legislative calendar came to an...
Nebraska PPP loan data show CARES Act tax policies are essential
Nebraska PPP loan data show CARES Act tax policies are essential
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) is one of the largest parts of the federal government’s CARES Act relief legislation. The PPP provides loans intended to help small businesses—those with 500 or fewer employees—maintain their payroll, hire back any employees who were laid off, and cover applicable overhead expenses such as rent and utilities. Detailed data...
Nebraska’s emergency grace period on vehicle registration and driver licenses ends August 31
Nebraska’s emergency grace period on vehicle registration and driver licenses ends August 31
Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts has rescinded an emergency executive order that effectively allowed some drivers and vehicle owners to continue operating their vehicles with expired licenses or unpaid registrations during the state of emergency declared for the COVID-19 pandemic. Executive Order 20-05 provided a grace period for permits, licenses, and registrations that expired on or...
Scheer: Legislature hasn’t reached consensus on major tax issues
Scheer: Legislature hasn’t reached consensus on major tax issues
Nebraska Legislature Speaker Jim Scheer and Executive Board Chair Sen. Mike Hilgers were guests on today’s Platte Institute Webinar. The focus of the webinar was the upcoming return of the Legislature on July 20, and what can be expected in the remaining 17 days of the legislative calendar. The Legislature’s session was suspended in March...
States are sticking with most CARES Act tax provisions
States are sticking with most CARES Act tax provisions
Just last week, the Nebraska Legislature’s Revenue Committee held a hearing on the impact conforming with federal tax provisions in the CARES Act would have on the state’s tax revenues. Revenue Committee Chair Sen. Lou Ann Linehan ended that meeting by stating that decoupling from CARES Act tax regulation was not out of the question....