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After under-collecting a school property tax during a dispute with the governor, 49 of 56 counties are making up the difference with bills in the mail this month.
Last year, during a dispute with Gov. Greg Gianforte over the state's "95 mill" school equalization property tax, officials with 49 of Montana's 56 counties chose to reduce their fall tax bills against the wishes of the Montana Department of Revenue. This month, after landing on the losing side of a November Montana Supreme Court ruling, those counties' treasurers are left with the thankless task of sending supplemental property tax bills to hundreds of thousands of property owners across the state.
The supplemental bills will increase the amounts homeowners and other property owners owe for t...
