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05.23.2025
How Montana’s New Second-home Tax Could Shift Your Property Tax Bill
Reductions projected for homeowners and landlords; big increases coming in 2026 for second homes and short-term rental properties. Read more.
04.29.2025
Montana Senate endorses pair of property tax bills, now linked together
As lawmakers approach the end of the Montana Legislature’s 2025 session, they’ve tied together two major bills in what could be the final version of their plan for property tax reform. Senate Bill 542 and House Bill 231 each went to a conference committee on Tuesday morning, to resolve differences between the two chambers’ versions of the bills. Read more.
02.26.2025
Montana Senate unanimously passes property tax bill to credit residential payers
Senate Bill 90 takes money tourists spend and credits it to property taxpayers. “What I like about this bill is it’s predictable. It doesn’t really need modeling,” Fern said. Some bills can affect counties differently based on the industries and residential payers that make up their tax bases, and number crunchers “model” those impacts so legislators can see if the effects are disproportionate. Read more.
02.8.2025
Gov. Gianforte's priority property tax bills draw backlash from firefighters, cops, schools
The proposal’s initial implementation bill, House Bill 231, was narrowly voted down on a 25-25 margin on the Senate floor Thursday evening after opponents raised a laundry list of concerns including opposition to raising taxes on Montana residents who own multiple properties. Read more.
01.25.2025
Democrats pitch property tax relief via income tax credit
Supporters of the tax credit approach at Tuesday’s hearing included progressive groups and a new tax relief coalition, Montanans United for Sustainable Taxation, that includes some local governments. Read More
08.15.2024
Property tax task force delivers recommendations to governor…
Gianforte endorsed a ‘homestead exemption’ but offered limited feedback on the group’s other proposals.
HELENA — Gov. Greg Gianforte on Thursday listened to recommendations for property tax reform presented by members of his appointed task force while offering limited insight into his support or disapproval of specific proposals that will likely be debated in the upcoming legislative session. Read More
