City residents will have an opportunity to weigh in on a task force report on property taxes from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in the auditorium at Polytechnic Institute.
The Blue Ribbon Committee on Taxes and Fees, which was created by Mayor Sheila Dixon last year, will present its report and hear public testimony. The report is available online at www.balti morecity.gov/mayor/blueribbon. php.
To reduce the property tax rate and increase the base of taxable property, the task force offered more than a dozen recommendations, including raising the 4 percent Homestead Tax Credit cap on assessments, increasing the income tax rate and using new commercial transfer tax revenue to offset property taxes.
