Benefits of Membership
Education, Representation, Publication
Education
- Consultation on property taxation for any and all members
- Educational community involvement and education (The Eagle Competition)
- Director is available for presentations to organized community groups on tax issues with no charge
- Annual meeting speaker----- informational
- Analysis of collected taxes and spending
- Analysis of tax shifting
- Anonymous research and investigation of specific problems for members
Representation
- Director represents you as an ex-officio member on several government committees
- Better local government due to the presence of the association (transparency)
- Watchdog activity ? public meeting representation
- Representation and input at local Cracker-barrels in January, February, March, and April
- Director has a one-on-one rapport with most elected and appointed officials
- Annual meeting----- each member has one vote
- Taxpayer's Association board of directors membership opportunity
- Lower property taxes ? Assessed Valuation appeal help
- Supported Financial Consultant for City of Terre Haute Council
- Input on major tax issues such as the annexation of parts of Honey Creek Township
- The Taxpayers Association supported Vigo County CAGIT and EDIT taxes
- The Taxpayers Association objected to artificial turf on three Vigo County High School football fields with an initial cost near TWO MILLION dollars
- The Taxpayers Association objected to replacing school buses simply because they are ten years old unless they had a safety issue.
- The Taxpayers Association seriously objected to the proposed "storm water fee" during the 2016 fall sessions of city budget process. The storm water fee was not passed.
Publications
- Annual Reports-----Condensed source of tax and government information; Vigo County transparency (not produced in other counties)
- Web site updated regularly- informational-www.taxtopics.org
- Special e-mails
- Periodic reports
- Monthly reports Tax Matters (weekly 2005 -- 2009; monthly 2010 & 2011)
The TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION maintains a business office at 506 Ohio Street suite 7, Terre Haute, IN 47807 and is a 501 (C) (4) not-for-profit organization.
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