Culver’s Plan for Commercial Property Tax Relief? $250 for small business owners!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, October 7, 2010

Contact: Tim Albrecht (515) 491-2722

Culver’s Plan for Commercial Property Tax Relief? $250 for small business owners!

(CEDAR RAPIDS) – The Governor Branstad campaign released the following citing that Gov. Culver’s plan for property tax relief is to $250 to small business owners.

Iowa Press transcript where CC talks about commercial property taxes:

“Culver: WELL, THAT’S A VERY FAIR QUESTION, DAVID. THIS IS A CHALLENGE, OBVIOUSLY. THE CURRENT PROPERTY TAX LAWS HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS, SO WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THE FACT THAT IT’S GOING TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO TACKLE IT. I FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THE PROGRESS WE’VE ALREADY MADE. I DID MAKE A COMMITMENT TO NEARLY 100,000 SMALL BUSINESSES OUT THERE THAT WE WOULD TRY TO GIVE THEM SOME RELIEF. THE PLAN THAT WE’VE COME UP WITH THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO US BY THIS COMMISSION WILL DO THAT. WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO PUT AS MUCH AS $250 IN THE POCKETS OF UP TO 100,000 SMALL BUSINESSES THIS YEAR. THAT’S A START. IF NOTHING ELSE, IT SHOWS A GOOD-FAITH EFFORT TO GIVE THEM SOME RELIEF. THE COMMITTEE THEN ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE LEGISLATURE LOOK AT THIS OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AND COME BACK WITH SOME MORE SOLID RECOMMENDATIONS ON TOUGHER ISSUES, LIKE DECOUPLING AND THE OTHERS THAT YOU MENTIONED BY 2009. I WILL HELP MOVE THAT PROCESS ALONG.”

http://www.iptv.org/iowapress/episode.cfm/3423

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